linux-kernel - [patch 2/2]block: add plug for blkdev_issue

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Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:15:51 +0800
From:	Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>
To:	axboe@...nel.dk
Cc:	neilb@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 2/2]block: add plug for blkdev_issue_discard

Last post of this patch appears lost, so I resend this.

Now discard merge works, add plug for blkdev_issue_discard. This will help
discard request merge especially for raid0 case. In raid0, a big discard
request is split to small requests, and if correct plug is added, such small
requests can be merged in low layer.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@...ionio.com>
---
 block/blk-lib.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Index: linux/block/blk-lib.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/block/blk-lib.c	2012-12-14 10:03:22.305422686 +0800
+++ linux/block/blk-lib.c	2012-12-14 10:08:50.577295672 +0800
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_de
 	struct bio_batch bb;
 	struct bio *bio;
 	int ret = 0;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	if (!q)
 		return -ENXIO;
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_de
 	bb.flags = 1 << BIO_UPTODATE;
 	bb.wait = &wait;
 
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	while (nr_sects) {
 		unsigned int req_sects;
 		sector_t end_sect, tmp;
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_de
 		atomic_inc(&bb.done);
 		submit_bio(type, bio);
 	}
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
 	/* Wait for bios in-flight */
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&bb.done))
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