linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] NBD: make nbd default to deadline I/O scheduler

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Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:16:02 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Paul Clements <paul.clements@...eleye.com>
Cc:	jens.axboe@...cle.com, randy.dunlap@...cle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] NBD: make nbd default to deadline I/O scheduler

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:30:40 -0500
Paul Clements <paul.clements@...eleye.com> wrote:

> +		old_e = disk->queue->elevator;
> +		if (elevator_init(disk->queue, "deadline") == 0 ||
> +			elevator_init(disk->queue, "noop") == 0) {
> +				elevator_exit(old_e);
> +		}
>  	}

afacit elevator_init() will not trigger a request_module().  And you really
do want to trigger the request_module() here.  Perhaps the block layer
should provide a means of doing so?

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