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authorLee Duncan <lduncan@suse.com>2012-03-01 12:41:01 -0800
committerJames Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>2012-03-27 08:26:34 +0100
commitc743e44fbb1f8668941e83de07662b1ecd33d083 (patch)
treec0a5eacf103f566942b8e8e7c222b3fa588657a4
parent3194eef325c126d1f3bfa28317e2acd78292250d (diff)
[SCSI] st: expand ability to write immediate filemarks
The st tape driver recently added the MTWEOFI ioctl, which writes a tape filemark (EOF), like the MTWEOF ioctl, except that MTWEOFI returns immediately. This makes certain applications, like backup software, run much more quickly on buffered tape drives. Since legacy applications do not know about this new MTWEOFI ioctl, this patch adds a new ioctl option that tells the st driver to return immediately when writing an EOF (i.e. a filemark). This new flag is much like the existing flag that tells the st driver to perform writes (and certain other IOs) immediately, but this new flag only applies to writing EOFs. This new feature is controlled via the MTSETDRVBUFFER ioctl, using the newly-defined MT_ST_NOWAIT_EOF flag. Use of this new feature is displayed via the sysfs tape "options" attribute. The st documentation was updated to mention this new flag, as well as the problems that can occur from using it. Signed-off-by: Lee Duncan <lduncan@suse.com> Acked-by: Kai Makisara <kai.makisara@kolumbus.fi> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/st.txt4
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/st.c21
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/st.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mtio.h1
4 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
index 691ca292c24d..685bf3582abe 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt
@@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ MTSETDRVBUFFER
MT_ST_SYSV sets the SYSV semantics (mode)
MT_ST_NOWAIT enables immediate mode (i.e., don't wait for
the command to finish) for some commands (e.g., rewind)
+ MT_ST_NOWAIT_EOF enables immediate filemark mode (i.e. when
+ writing a filemark, don't wait for it to complete). Please
+ see the BASICS note about MTWEOFI with respect to the
+ possible dangers of writing immediate filemarks.
MT_ST_SILI enables setting the SILI bit in SCSI commands when
reading in variable block mode to enhance performance when
reading blocks shorter than the byte count; set this only
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
index 9262cdfa4b23..8c663e16fd02 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,12 @@ static int check_tape(struct scsi_tape *STp, struct file *filp)
STp->drv_buffer));
}
STp->drv_write_prot = ((STp->buffer)->b_data[2] & 0x80) != 0;
+ if (!STp->drv_buffer && STp->immediate_filemark) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "%s: non-buffered tape: disabling writing immediate filemarks\n",
+ name);
+ STp->immediate_filemark = 0;
+ }
}
st_release_request(SRpnt);
SRpnt = NULL;
@@ -1314,6 +1320,8 @@ static int st_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
memset(cmd, 0, MAX_COMMAND_SIZE);
cmd[0] = WRITE_FILEMARKS;
+ if (STp->immediate_filemark)
+ cmd[1] = 1;
cmd[4] = 1 + STp->two_fm;
SRpnt = st_do_scsi(NULL, STp, cmd, 0, DMA_NONE,
@@ -2181,8 +2189,9 @@ static void st_log_options(struct scsi_tape * STp, struct st_modedef * STm, char
name, STm->defaults_for_writes, STp->omit_blklims, STp->can_partitions,
STp->scsi2_logical);
printk(KERN_INFO
- "%s: sysv: %d nowait: %d sili: %d\n", name, STm->sysv, STp->immediate,
- STp->sili);
+ "%s: sysv: %d nowait: %d sili: %d nowait_filemark: %d\n",
+ name, STm->sysv, STp->immediate, STp->sili,
+ STp->immediate_filemark);
printk(KERN_INFO "%s: debugging: %d\n",
name, debugging);
}
@@ -2224,6 +2233,7 @@ static int st_set_options(struct scsi_tape *STp, long options)
STp->can_partitions = (options & MT_ST_CAN_PARTITIONS) != 0;
STp->scsi2_logical = (options & MT_ST_SCSI2LOGICAL) != 0;
STp->immediate = (options & MT_ST_NOWAIT) != 0;
+ STp->immediate_filemark = (options & MT_ST_NOWAIT_EOF) != 0;
STm->sysv = (options & MT_ST_SYSV) != 0;
STp->sili = (options & MT_ST_SILI) != 0;
DEB( debugging = (options & MT_ST_DEBUGGING) != 0;
@@ -2255,6 +2265,8 @@ static int st_set_options(struct scsi_tape *STp, long options)
STp->scsi2_logical = value;
if ((options & MT_ST_NOWAIT) != 0)
STp->immediate = value;
+ if ((options & MT_ST_NOWAIT_EOF) != 0)
+ STp->immediate_filemark = value;
if ((options & MT_ST_SYSV) != 0)
STm->sysv = value;
if ((options & MT_ST_SILI) != 0)
@@ -2714,7 +2726,8 @@ static int st_int_ioctl(struct scsi_tape *STp, unsigned int cmd_in, unsigned lon
cmd[0] = WRITE_FILEMARKS;
if (cmd_in == MTWSM)
cmd[1] = 2;
- if (cmd_in == MTWEOFI)
+ if (cmd_in == MTWEOFI ||
+ (cmd_in == MTWEOF && STp->immediate_filemark))
cmd[1] |= 1;
cmd[2] = (arg >> 16);
cmd[3] = (arg >> 8);
@@ -4093,6 +4106,7 @@ static int st_probe(struct device *dev)
tpnt->scsi2_logical = ST_SCSI2LOGICAL;
tpnt->sili = ST_SILI;
tpnt->immediate = ST_NOWAIT;
+ tpnt->immediate_filemark = 0;
tpnt->default_drvbuffer = 0xff; /* No forced buffering */
tpnt->partition = 0;
tpnt->new_partition = 0;
@@ -4478,6 +4492,7 @@ st_options_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
options |= STp->scsi2_logical ? MT_ST_SCSI2LOGICAL : 0;
options |= STm->sysv ? MT_ST_SYSV : 0;
options |= STp->immediate ? MT_ST_NOWAIT : 0;
+ options |= STp->immediate_filemark ? MT_ST_NOWAIT_EOF : 0;
options |= STp->sili ? MT_ST_SILI : 0;
l = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "0x%08x\n", options);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.h b/drivers/scsi/st.h
index f91a67c6d968..ea35632b986c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ struct scsi_tape {
unsigned char c_algo; /* compression algorithm */
unsigned char pos_unknown; /* after reset position unknown */
unsigned char sili; /* use SILI when reading in variable b mode */
+ unsigned char immediate_filemark; /* write filemark immediately */
int tape_type;
int long_timeout; /* timeout for commands known to take long time */
diff --git a/include/linux/mtio.h b/include/linux/mtio.h
index 8f825756c459..18543e2db06f 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtio.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtio.h
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ struct mtpos {
#define MT_ST_SYSV 0x1000
#define MT_ST_NOWAIT 0x2000
#define MT_ST_SILI 0x4000
+#define MT_ST_NOWAIT_EOF 0x8000
/* The mode parameters to be controlled. Parameter chosen with bits 20-28 */
#define MT_ST_CLEAR_DEFAULT 0xfffff