On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 01:05:57 -0800 Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:26:11 +0100 Sébastien Dugué <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 11:02:28 +0530 "Bharata B Rao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Andrew, > > > > > > On 2/9/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > fsaio-add-a-wait-queue-arg-to-the-wait_bit-action-routine.patch > > > > fsaio-add-a-wait-queue-arg-to-the-wait_bit-action-routine-gfs2-fix.patch > > > > fsaio-rename-__lock_page-to-lock_page_blocking.patch > > > > fsaio-interfaces-to-initialize-and-to-test-a-wait-bit-key.patch > > > > fsaio-add-a-default-io-wait-bit-field-in-task-struct.patch > > > > fsaio-enable-wait-bit-based-filtered-wakeups-to-work-for-aio.patch > > > > fsaio-enable-wait-bit-based-filtered-wakeups-to-work-for-aio-fix.patch > > > > fsaio-enable-wait-bit-based-filtered-wakeups-to-work-for-aio-fix-sparse-fix.patch > > > > fsaio-enable-asynchronous-wait-page-and-lock-page.patch > > > > fsaio-filesystem-aio-read.patch > > > > fsaio-aio-o_sync-filesystem-write.patch > > > > > > > > Will wait to see what happens with febrils. > > > > > > > > aio-is-unlikely.patch > > > > > > > > Will merge. > > > > > > > > rework-compat_sys_io_submit.patch > > > > fix-aioh-includes.patch > > > > fix-access_ok-checks.patch > > > > make-good_sigevent-non-static.patch > > > > make-good_sigevent-non-static-fix.patch > > > > make-__sigqueue_free-and.patch > > > > aio-completion-signal-notification.patch > > > > aio-completion-signal-notification-fix.patch > > > > aio-completion-signal-notification-fixes-and-cleanups.patch > > > > aio-completion-signal-notification-small-cleanup.patch > > > > add-listio-syscall-support.patch > > > > > > > > I guess these are dependent upon fsaio. > > > > > > No. AIO completion signal notification patches and listio patch work > > > independently of fsaio patches. Just that for buffered AIO case, the > > > fsaio patches will make the behaviour truly asynchronous. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Bharata. > > > > I concur. > > > > But is the proposed listio implementation still relevant if we go and add > the async syscalls? I think the listio syscall could be emulated in userspace using async syscalls. Even more, the whole POSIX AIO functions could benefit from this, rendering aio.c obsolete. Sébastien. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
