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When a bfq_queue Q is merged with another queue, several pieces of information are saved about Q. These pieces are stored in the bfqq_data field in the bfq_io_cq data structure of the process associated with Q. Yet, with a multi-actuator drive, a process may get associated with multiple bfq_queues: one queue for each of the N actuators. Each of these queues may undergo a merge. So, the bfq_io_cq data structure must be able to accommodate the above information for N queues. This commit solves this problem by turning the bfqq_data scalar field into an array of N elements (and by changing code so as to handle this array). This solution is written under the assumption that bfq_queues associated with different actuators cannot be cross-merged. This assumption holds naturally with basic queue merging: the latter is triggered by spatial locality, and sectors for different actuators are not close to each other (apart from the corner case of the last sectors served by a given actuator and the first sectors served by the next actuator). As for stable cross-merging, the assumption here is that it is disabled. Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com> Signed-off-by: Gabriele Felici <felicigb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Gianmarco Lusvardi <glusvardi@posteo.net> Signed-off-by: Giulio Barabino <giuliobarabino99@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Emiliano Maccaferri <inbox@emilianomaccaferri.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@linaro.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230103145503.71712-5-paolo.valente@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.