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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/target/iscsi, branch v3.12</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>iscsi-target; Allow an extra tag_num / 2 number of percpu_ida tags</title>
<updated>2013-10-03T21:22:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Bellinger</name>
<email>nab@linux-iscsi.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-10-03T21:03:59+00:00</published>
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This patch bumps the default number of tags allocated per session by
iscsi-target via transport_alloc_session_tags() -&gt; percpu_ida_init()
by another (tag_num / 2).

This is done to take into account the tags waiting to be acknowledged
and released in iscsit_ack_from_expstatsn(), but who's number are not
directly limited by the CmdSN Window queue_depth being enforced by
the target.

Using a larger value here is also useful to prevent percpu_ida_alloc()
from having to steal tags from other CPUs when no tags are available
on the local CPU, while waiting for unacknowledged tags to be released.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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This patch bumps the default number of tags allocated per session by
iscsi-target via transport_alloc_session_tags() -&gt; percpu_ida_init()
by another (tag_num / 2).

This is done to take into account the tags waiting to be acknowledged
and released in iscsit_ack_from_expstatsn(), but who's number are not
directly limited by the CmdSN Window queue_depth being enforced by
the target.

Using a larger value here is also useful to prevent percpu_ida_alloc()
from having to steal tags from other CPUs when no tags are available
on the local CPU, while waiting for unacknowledged tags to be released.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>iscsi-target: Perform release of acknowledged tags from RX context</title>
<updated>2013-10-03T21:22:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Bellinger</name>
<email>nab@linux-iscsi.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-10-03T20:56:14+00:00</published>
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This patch converts iscsit_ack_from_expstatsn() to populate a local
ack_list of commands, and call iscsit_free_cmd() directly from RX
thread context, instead of using iscsit_add_cmd_to_immediate_queue()
to queue the acknowledged commands to be released from TX thread
context.

It is helpful to release the acknowledge commands as quickly as
possible, along with the associated percpu_ida tags, in order to
prevent percpu_ida_alloc() from having to steal tags from other
CPUs while waiting for iscsit_free_cmd() to happen from TX thread
context.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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This patch converts iscsit_ack_from_expstatsn() to populate a local
ack_list of commands, and call iscsit_free_cmd() directly from RX
thread context, instead of using iscsit_add_cmd_to_immediate_queue()
to queue the acknowledged commands to be released from TX thread
context.

It is helpful to release the acknowledge commands as quickly as
possible, along with the associated percpu_ida tags, in order to
prevent percpu_ida_alloc() from having to steal tags from other
CPUs while waiting for iscsit_free_cmd() to happen from TX thread
context.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>iscsi-target: Only perform wait_for_tasks when performing shutdown</title>
<updated>2013-10-03T21:22:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Bellinger</name>
<email>nab@linux-iscsi.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-10-03T20:37:21+00:00</published>
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This patch changes transport_generic_free_cmd() to only wait_for_tasks
when shutdown=true is passed to iscsit_free_cmd().

With the advent of &gt;= v3.10 iscsi-target code using se_cmd-&gt;cmd_kref,
the extra wait_for_tasks with shutdown=false is unnecessary, and may
end up causing an extra context switch when releasing WRITEs.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10+
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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This patch changes transport_generic_free_cmd() to only wait_for_tasks
when shutdown=true is passed to iscsit_free_cmd().

With the advent of &gt;= v3.10 iscsi-target code using se_cmd-&gt;cmd_kref,
the extra wait_for_tasks with shutdown=false is unnecessary, and may
end up causing an extra context switch when releasing WRITEs.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10+
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending</title>
<updated>2013-09-12T23:11:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-12T23:11:45+00:00</published>
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Pull SCSI target updates from Nicholas Bellinger:
 "Lots of activity again this round for I/O performance optimizations
  (per-cpu IDA pre-allocation for vhost + iscsi/target), and the
  addition of new fabric independent features to target-core
  (COMPARE_AND_WRITE + EXTENDED_COPY).

  The main highlights include:

   - Support for iscsi-target login multiplexing across individual
     network portals
   - Generic Per-cpu IDA logic (kent + akpm + clameter)
   - Conversion of vhost to use per-cpu IDA pre-allocation for
     descriptors, SGLs and userspace page pointer list
   - Conversion of iscsi-target + iser-target to use per-cpu IDA
     pre-allocation for descriptors
   - Add support for generic COMPARE_AND_WRITE (AtomicTestandSet)
     emulation for virtual backend drivers
   - Add support for generic EXTENDED_COPY (CopyOffload) emulation for
     virtual backend drivers.
   - Add support for fast memory registration mode to iser-target (Vu)

  The patches to add COMPARE_AND_WRITE and EXTENDED_COPY support are of
  particular significance, which make us the first and only open source
  target to support the full set of VAAI primitives.

  Currently Linux clients are lacking upstream support to actually
  utilize these primitives.  However, with server side support now in
  place for folks like MKP + ZAB working on the client, this logic once
  reserved for the highest end of storage arrays, can now be run in VMs
  on their laptops"

* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending: (50 commits)
  target/iscsi: Bump versions to v4.1.0
  target: Update copyright ownership/year information to 2013
  iscsi-target: Bump default TCP listen backlog to 256
  target: Fix &gt;= v3.9+ regression in PR APTPL + ALUA metadata write-out
  iscsi-target; Bump default CmdSN Depth to 64
  iscsi-target: Remove unnecessary wait_for_completion in iscsi_get_thread_set
  iscsi-target: Add thread_set-&gt;ts_activate_sem + use common deallocate
  iscsi-target: Fix race with thread_pre_handler flush_signals + ISCSI_THREAD_SET_DIE
  target: remove unused including &lt;linux/version.h&gt;
  iser-target: introduce fast memory registration mode (FRWR)
  iser-target: generalize rdma memory registration and cleanup
  iser-target: move rdma wr processing to a shared function
  target: Enable global EXTENDED_COPY setup/release
  target: Add Third Party Copy (3PC) bit in INQUIRY response
  target: Enable EXTENDED_COPY setup in spc_parse_cdb
  target: Add support for EXTENDED_COPY copy offload emulation
  target: Avoid non-existent tg_pt_gp_mem in target_alua_state_check
  target: Add global device list for EXTENDED_COPY
  target: Make helpers non static for EXTENDED_COPY command setup
  target: Make spc_parse_naa_6h_vendor_specific non static
  ...
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Pull SCSI target updates from Nicholas Bellinger:
 "Lots of activity again this round for I/O performance optimizations
  (per-cpu IDA pre-allocation for vhost + iscsi/target), and the
  addition of new fabric independent features to target-core
  (COMPARE_AND_WRITE + EXTENDED_COPY).

  The main highlights include:

   - Support for iscsi-target login multiplexing across individual
     network portals
   - Generic Per-cpu IDA logic (kent + akpm + clameter)
   - Conversion of vhost to use per-cpu IDA pre-allocation for
     descriptors, SGLs and userspace page pointer list
   - Conversion of iscsi-target + iser-target to use per-cpu IDA
     pre-allocation for descriptors
   - Add support for generic COMPARE_AND_WRITE (AtomicTestandSet)
     emulation for virtual backend drivers
   - Add support for generic EXTENDED_COPY (CopyOffload) emulation for
     virtual backend drivers.
   - Add support for fast memory registration mode to iser-target (Vu)

  The patches to add COMPARE_AND_WRITE and EXTENDED_COPY support are of
  particular significance, which make us the first and only open source
  target to support the full set of VAAI primitives.

  Currently Linux clients are lacking upstream support to actually
  utilize these primitives.  However, with server side support now in
  place for folks like MKP + ZAB working on the client, this logic once
  reserved for the highest end of storage arrays, can now be run in VMs
  on their laptops"

* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending: (50 commits)
  target/iscsi: Bump versions to v4.1.0
  target: Update copyright ownership/year information to 2013
  iscsi-target: Bump default TCP listen backlog to 256
  target: Fix &gt;= v3.9+ regression in PR APTPL + ALUA metadata write-out
  iscsi-target; Bump default CmdSN Depth to 64
  iscsi-target: Remove unnecessary wait_for_completion in iscsi_get_thread_set
  iscsi-target: Add thread_set-&gt;ts_activate_sem + use common deallocate
  iscsi-target: Fix race with thread_pre_handler flush_signals + ISCSI_THREAD_SET_DIE
  target: remove unused including &lt;linux/version.h&gt;
  iser-target: introduce fast memory registration mode (FRWR)
  iser-target: generalize rdma memory registration and cleanup
  iser-target: move rdma wr processing to a shared function
  target: Enable global EXTENDED_COPY setup/release
  target: Add Third Party Copy (3PC) bit in INQUIRY response
  target: Enable EXTENDED_COPY setup in spc_parse_cdb
  target: Add support for EXTENDED_COPY copy offload emulation
  target: Avoid non-existent tg_pt_gp_mem in target_alua_state_check
  target: Add global device list for EXTENDED_COPY
  target: Make helpers non static for EXTENDED_COPY command setup
  target: Make spc_parse_naa_6h_vendor_specific non static
  ...
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<entry>
<title>target/iscsi: Bump versions to v4.1.0</title>
<updated>2013-09-11T03:23:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Bellinger</name>
<email>nab@linux-iscsi.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-05T22:50:24+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>target: Update copyright ownership/year information to 2013</title>
<updated>2013-09-11T03:23:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Bellinger</name>
<email>nab@linux-iscsi.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-05T22:29:12+00:00</published>
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Update copyright ownership/year information for target-core,
loopback, iscsi-target, tcm_qla2xx, vhost and iser-target.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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Update copyright ownership/year information for target-core,
loopback, iscsi-target, tcm_qla2xx, vhost and iser-target.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>iscsi-target: Bump default TCP listen backlog to 256</title>
<updated>2013-09-11T03:23:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Bellinger</name>
<email>nab@linux-iscsi.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-09T23:24:46+00:00</published>
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This patch bumps the default TCP listen backlog within iscsit_setup_np()
from 5 to 256, in order to reduce the overall latency caused by a small
backlog with 100's of simultaneous login attempts directed to the same
single network portal.

Also add a ISCSIT_TCP_BACKLOG macro in iscsi_target_core.h.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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This patch bumps the default TCP listen backlog within iscsit_setup_np()
from 5 to 256, in order to reduce the overall latency caused by a small
backlog with 100's of simultaneous login attempts directed to the same
single network portal.

Also add a ISCSIT_TCP_BACKLOG macro in iscsi_target_core.h.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>iscsi-target; Bump default CmdSN Depth to 64</title>
<updated>2013-09-11T03:23:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Bellinger</name>
<email>nab@linux-iscsi.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-05T22:04:22+00:00</published>
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This patch bumps the default TA_DEFAULT_CMDSN_DEPTH from 16 -&gt; 64,
which is closer to a sane default for larger pipes @ 10 Gb/sec
with traditional iSCSI, or @ 40/56 Gb/sec Ethernet/Infiniband with
iSCSI Extentions for RDMA.

There is really no downside to increasing this default value for
1 Gb/sec.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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This patch bumps the default TA_DEFAULT_CMDSN_DEPTH from 16 -&gt; 64,
which is closer to a sane default for larger pipes @ 10 Gb/sec
with traditional iSCSI, or @ 40/56 Gb/sec Ethernet/Infiniband with
iSCSI Extentions for RDMA.

There is really no downside to increasing this default value for
1 Gb/sec.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>iscsi-target: Remove unnecessary wait_for_completion in iscsi_get_thread_set</title>
<updated>2013-09-11T03:23:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Bellinger</name>
<email>nab@linux-iscsi.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-07T03:50:36+00:00</published>
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This patch removes an unnecessary wait_for_completion within
iscsi_get_thread_set(), that would wait for 1 second before
trying to obtain an inactive struct iscsi_thread_set from
iscsi_get_ts_from_inactive_list().

Since iscsi_allocate_thread_sets() will already be adding the
newly allocated iscsi_thread_set to the inactive list directly,
there is no need to wait here.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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This patch removes an unnecessary wait_for_completion within
iscsi_get_thread_set(), that would wait for 1 second before
trying to obtain an inactive struct iscsi_thread_set from
iscsi_get_ts_from_inactive_list().

Since iscsi_allocate_thread_sets() will already be adding the
newly allocated iscsi_thread_set to the inactive list directly,
there is no need to wait here.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>iscsi-target: Add thread_set-&gt;ts_activate_sem + use common deallocate</title>
<updated>2013-09-11T03:23:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Bellinger</name>
<email>nab@linux-iscsi.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-05T23:13:41+00:00</published>
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This patch removes the iscsi_thread_set-&gt;[rx,tx]_post_start_comp that
was originally used synchronize startup between rx and tx threads within
a single thread_set.

Instead, use a single -&gt;ts_activate_sem in iscsi_activate_thread_set()
to wait for both processes to awake in the RX/TX pre handlers.

Also, go ahead and refactor thread_set deallocate code into a common
iscsi_deallocate_thread_one(), and update iscsi_deallocate_thread_sets()
and iscsi_deallocate_extra_thread_sets() use this code

v3 changes:
  - Make iscsi_deallocate_thread_one defined as static (Fengguang)

v2 changes:
  - Set ISCSI_THREAD_SET_ACTIVE before calling complete in
    iscsi_activate_thread_set
  - Protect ts-&gt;conn sanity checks with -&gt;ts_state_lock in
    RX/TX pre handlers
  - Add -&gt;ts_activate_sem to save extra context switches per
    iscsi_activate_thread_set() call.
  - Refactor thread_set shutdown into iscsi_deallocate_thread_one()

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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This patch removes the iscsi_thread_set-&gt;[rx,tx]_post_start_comp that
was originally used synchronize startup between rx and tx threads within
a single thread_set.

Instead, use a single -&gt;ts_activate_sem in iscsi_activate_thread_set()
to wait for both processes to awake in the RX/TX pre handlers.

Also, go ahead and refactor thread_set deallocate code into a common
iscsi_deallocate_thread_one(), and update iscsi_deallocate_thread_sets()
and iscsi_deallocate_extra_thread_sets() use this code

v3 changes:
  - Make iscsi_deallocate_thread_one defined as static (Fengguang)

v2 changes:
  - Set ISCSI_THREAD_SET_ACTIVE before calling complete in
    iscsi_activate_thread_set
  - Protect ts-&gt;conn sanity checks with -&gt;ts_state_lock in
    RX/TX pre handlers
  - Add -&gt;ts_activate_sem to save extra context switches per
    iscsi_activate_thread_set() call.
  - Refactor thread_set shutdown into iscsi_deallocate_thread_one()

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger &lt;nab@linux-iscsi.org&gt;
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