linux-kernel - Re: block: eliminate ELEVATOR_INSERT

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Message-ID: <20110330153024.GJ17523@htj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:30:24 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: block: eliminate ELEVATOR_INSERT_REQUEUE

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:22:48AM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> So wee need this as stable fix because FLUSH request can get ahead of
> REQUEUED requests and it can break some drivers?

Yes, I think so.  All we need is just replacing elv_insert() calls in
blk-flush.c with list_add_tail().  Something like the following.  I'll
test it and send a proper patch later.  Thanks.

diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index b27d020..51a45a5 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static struct request *queue_next_fseq(struct request_queue *q)
 		BUG();
 	}
 
-	elv_insert(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_REQUEUE);
+	list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &q->queue_head);
 	return rq;
 }
 

-- 
tejun
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