On 12/02/2014 12:49 PM, Brian King wrote: > On 12/02/2014 12:47 PM, Brian King wrote: >> A kexec boot for some ipr SAS adapters was seen to take ~20 seconds >> just doing ipr adapter initialization. This is due to the fact that >> a kexec invokes the driver's shutdown handler which places the adapter >> into a state that requires a hard reset and resulting firmware initialization >> to be usable again, which takes significant time. By exporting >> kexec_in_progress, >> this process can be optimized significantly in the driver by essentially >> placing the adapter into a state where this hardware reset and >> re-initialization >> can be bypassed, eliminating this delay in kexec boot. >> >> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebied...@xmission.com> >> Cc: kexec <ke...@lists.infradead.org> >> Signed-off-by: Brian King <brk...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> >> --- >> >> kernel/kexec.c | 2 ++ >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) >> >> diff -puN kernel/kexec.c~kexec_export_in_prog kernel/kexec.c >> --- scsi-queue/kernel/kexec.c~kexec_export_in_prog 2014-12-02 >> 12:13:22.820325731 -0600 >> +++ scsi-queue-bjking1/kernel/kexec.c 2014-12-02 12:13:22.825325687 >> -0600 >> @@ -2768,3 +2768,5 @@ int kernel_kexec(void) >> mutex_unlock(&kexec_mutex); >> return error; >> } >> + >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kexec_in_progress); >> _ >> > > Eric, > > Can I get your ack on this so this can go through the scsi tree? The last > time I sent this > out you had some issues with the patch description.
Eric - can I get your ack here? Thanks, Brian -- Brian King Power Linux I/O IBM Linux Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
