linux-kernel - [block] allow blk_flush_policy to return REQ_FSEQ

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Date:	Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:24:24 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>
Subject: [block] allow blk_flush_policy to return REQ_FSEQ_DATA independent of *FLUSH

Hi,

blk_insert_flush has the following check:

	/*
	 * If there's data but flush is not necessary, the request can be
	 * processed directly without going through flush machinery.  Queue
	 * for normal execution.
	 */
	if ((policy & REQ_FSEQ_DATA) &&
	    !(policy & (REQ_FSEQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FSEQ_POSTFLUSH))) {
		list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &q->queue_head);
		return;
	}

However, blk_flush_policy will not return with policy set to only
REQ_FSEQ_DATA:

static unsigned int blk_flush_policy(unsigned int fflags, struct request *rq)
{
	unsigned int policy = 0;

	if (fflags & REQ_FLUSH) {
		if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH)
			policy |= REQ_FSEQ_PREFLUSH;
		if (blk_rq_sectors(rq))
			policy |= REQ_FSEQ_DATA;
		if (!(fflags & REQ_FUA) && (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA))
			policy |= REQ_FSEQ_POSTFLUSH;
	}
	return policy;
}

Notice that REQ_FSEQ_DATA is only set if REQ_FLUSH is set.  Fix this
mismatch by moving the setting of REQ_FSEQ_DATA outside of the REQ_FLUSH
check.

Tejun notes:

  Hmmm... yes, this can become a correctness issue if (and only if)
  blk_queue_flush() is called to change q->flush_flags while requests
  are in-flight; otherwise, requests wouldn't reach the function at all.
  Also, I think it would be a generally good idea to always set
  FSEQ_DATA if the request has data.

Cheers,
Jeff

Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index bb21e4c..2d162bd 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -95,11 +95,12 @@ static unsigned int blk_flush_policy(unsigned int fflags, struct request *rq)
 {
 	unsigned int policy = 0;
 
+	if (blk_rq_sectors(rq))
+		policy |= REQ_FSEQ_DATA;
+
 	if (fflags & REQ_FLUSH) {
 		if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH)
 			policy |= REQ_FSEQ_PREFLUSH;
-		if (blk_rq_sectors(rq))
-			policy |= REQ_FSEQ_DATA;
 		if (!(fflags & REQ_FUA) && (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA))
 			policy |= REQ_FSEQ_POSTFLUSH;
 	}
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