linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] dm: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support for request-based dm

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Date:	Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:08:35 -0400
From:	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	jaxboe@...ionio.com, k-ueda@...jp.nec.com, j-nomura@...jp.nec.com,
	jamie@...reable.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] dm: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support for
 request-based dm

On Mon, Aug 30 2010 at 11:07am -0400,
Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:

> On 08/30/2010 03:59 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Ah... that's probably from "if (!elv_queue_empty(q))" check below,
> > flushes are on a separate queue but I forgot to update
> > elv_queue_empty() to check the flush queue.  elv_queue_empty() can
> > return %true spuriously in which case the queue won't be plugged and
> > restarted later leading to queue hang.  I'll fix elv_queue_empty().
> 
> I think I was too quick to blame elv_queue_empty().  Can you please
> test whether the following patch fixes the hang?

It does, thanks!

Tested-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
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