ernel.org; Jens Axboe ; Christoph
> Hellwig ; Arnd Bergmann ; Bartlomiej
> Zolnierkiewicz ; Paolo Valente
> ; Linus Walleij
> Subject: [PATCH 4/5] mmc: block: move single ioctl() commands to block
> requests
>
> This wraps single ioctl() commands into block requests using the custom
On 10 May 2017 at 10:24, Linus Walleij wrote:
> This wraps single ioctl() commands into block requests using
> the custom block layer request types REQ_OP_DRV_IN and
> REQ_OP_DRV_OUT.
>
> By doing this we are loosening the grip on the big host lock,
> since two calls to mmc_get_card()/mmc_put_card
This wraps single ioctl() commands into block requests using
the custom block layer request types REQ_OP_DRV_IN and
REQ_OP_DRV_OUT.
By doing this we are loosening the grip on the big host lock,
since two calls to mmc_get_card()/mmc_put_card() are removed.
We are storing the ioctl() in/out argumen