linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3

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Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:12:53 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	David Chinner <dgc@....com>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 17:20:18 +1100 David Chinner <dgc@....com> wrote:

> What are the new unplugging rules introduced by the git-block
> patch?

Pretty simple: you read the largely-useless changelog then call the bravely
uncommented blk_plug_current() when you're about to submit some IO and you
call the audaciously uncommented blk_unplug_current() when you've finished
and you're ready to let it rip.

But usually none of that is necessary, because io_schedule() does all the
work for you.

err, this might help.

--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c~git-block-xfs-fix
+++ a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ xfs_buf_wait_unpin(
 		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (atomic_read(&bp->b_pin_count) == 0)
 			break;
-		schedule();
+		io_schedule();
 	}
 	remove_wait_queue(&bp->b_waiters, &wait);
 	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
_

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