linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] block: Remove unnecessary requests sort.

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:46:45 +0800
From:	"Jianpeng Ma" <majianpeng@...il.com>
To:	axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	"Shaohua Li" <shli@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] block: Remove unnecessary requests sort.

When adding request to plug,it already sort.So there is not unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: Jianpeng Ma <majianpeng@...il.com>
---
 block/blk-core.c |   12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 034f186..9dbdef6 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2879,13 +2879,6 @@ void blk_start_plug(struct blk_plug *plug)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_start_plug);
 
-static int plug_rq_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
-{
-	struct request *rqa = container_of(a, struct request, queuelist);
-	struct request *rqb = container_of(b, struct request, queuelist);
-
-	return !(rqa->q <= rqb->q);
-}
 
 /*
  * If 'from_schedule' is true, then postpone the dispatch of requests
@@ -2980,11 +2973,6 @@ void blk_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)
 
 	list_splice_init(&plug->list, &list);
 
-	if (plug->should_sort) {
-		list_sort(NULL, &list, plug_rq_cmp);
-		plug->should_sort = 0;
-	}
-
 	q = NULL;
 	depth = 0;
 
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