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When running command pipelining for WRITE direction commands (e.g. tape device write), userspace sends cmd completion to cmd ring before processing write data. In that case userspace has to copy data before sending completion, because cmd completion also implicitly releases the data buffer in data area. The new feature KEEP_BUF allows userspace to optionally keep the buffer after completion by setting new bit TCMU_UFLAG_KEEP_BUF in tcmu_cmd_entry_hdr->uflags. In that case buffer has to be released explicitly by writing the cmd_id to new action item free_kept_buf. All kept buffers are released during reset_ring and if userspace closes uio device (tcmu_release). Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210713175021.20103-1-bostroesser@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Bodo Stroesser <bostroesser@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.