Hi, On Dec 6, 2007 7:01 AM, Jared Hulbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Probably about 1000 clocks but its always going to depend upon the > > workload and whether any other work can be done usefully. > > Yeah. Sounds right, in the microsecond range. Be interesting to see data. > > Anybody have ideas on what kind of experiments could confirm this > estimate is right?
Is it the right place to write synchronously? Now only concern the SATA. Thank you, Kyungmin Park diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c index 3b927be..cce0618 100644 --- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c +++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c @@ -3221,6 +3221,13 @@ static inline void __generic_make_request(struct bio *bio if (bio_check_eod(bio, nr_sectors)) goto end_io; +#if 1 + /* FIXME simple hack */ + if (MAJOR(bio->bi_bdev->bd_dev) == 8 && bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE) { + /* WRITE_SYNC */ + bio->bi_rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC); + } +#endif /* * Resolve the mapping until finished. (drivers are * still free to implement/resolve their own stacking -- 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/