linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH block#for-2.6.31 1/3] ub: use __blk_end_request

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Date:	Sat, 16 May 2009 07:19:48 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com>
CC:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...glemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH block#for-2.6.31 1/3] ub: use __blk_end_request_all()

Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Sat, 16 May 2009 00:14:35 +0900, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
>> @@ -834,12 +829,7 @@ static void ub_end_rq(struct request *rq
>>  		error = -EIO;
>>  		rq->errors = scsi_status;
>>  	}
>> -	rqlen = blk_rq_bytes(rq);    /* Oddly enough, this is the residue. */
>> -	if (__blk_end_request(rq, error, cmd_len)) {
>> -		printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME
>> -		    ": __blk_end_request blew, %s-cmd total %u rqlen %ld\n",
>> -		    blk_pc_request(rq)? "pc": "fs", cmd_len, rqlen);
>> -	}
>> +	__blk_end_request_all(rq, error);
>>  }
> 
> I applaud this. We needed blk_end_this_mudafakin_request() for a long time.
> Why two underscores?

The ones with two underscores are to be called with queue lock held.
Ones without grab queue lock themselves.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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