linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] blk-mq: remove REQ_ATOM

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Date:   Mon, 8 Jan 2018 23:47:09 +0000
From:   Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] blk-mq: remove REQ_ATOM_STARTED

On Mon, 2018-01-08 at 11:15 -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> After the recent updates to use generation number and state based
> synchronization, we can easily replace REQ_ATOM_STARTED usages by
> adding an extra state to distinguish completed but not yet freed
> state.
> 
> Add MQ_RQ_COMPLETE and replace REQ_ATOM_STARTED usages with
> blk_mq_rq_state() tests.  REQ_ATOM_STARTED no longer has any users
> left and is removed.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@....com>