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| author | Javier González <[email protected]> | 2017-10-13 12:46:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Jens Axboe <[email protected]> | 2017-10-13 14:34:57 +0000 |
| commit | 1e82123da6a4c6019ef03bcd47e4b3dc18dd136e (patch) | |
| tree | cb631249f72b69c72d2abba3cd1a69c005c8da86 /drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c | |
| parent | lightnvm: pblk: remove redundant check on read path (diff) | |
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lightnvm: pblk: remove I/O dependency on write path
pblk schedules user I/O, metadata I/O and erases on the write path in
order to minimize collisions at the media level. Until now, there has
been a dependency between user and metadata I/Os that could lead to a
deadlock as both take the per-LUN semaphore to schedule submission.
This path removes this dependency and guarantees forward progress at a
per I/O granurality.
Signed-off-by: Javier González <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
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