On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 12:50:02PM -0500, Kiyoshi Ueda wrote:
> Because I'd like to use blk_get_request() in q->request_fn()
> which can be called from interrupt context like below:
> scsi_io_completion -> scsi_end_request -> scsi_next_command
> -> scsi_run_queue -> blk_run_queue -> q->request_fn
> Or request should not be allocated in q->request_fn() anyway?
> Do you have any other ideas?
The right long-term fix is to make sure request_fn is only ever called
from process context. This means moving retry handling to a thread instead
of a softirq, but this will need careful performance testing and tweaking.
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