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Message-ID: <50DB616D.50607@kernel.dk>
Date:	Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:43:25 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	majianpeng <majianpeng@...il.com>
CC:	Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Remove should_sort judgement when flush blk_plug.

On 2012-12-25 10:27, majianpeng wrote:
> In commit 975927b942c932,it add blk_rq_pos to sort rq when flushing.
> Although this commit was used for the situation which blk_plug handled
> multi devices on the same time like md device.
> I think there must be some situations like this but only single
> device.
> So remove the should_sort judgement.
> Because the parameter should_sort is only for this purpose,it can delete
> should_sort from blk_plug.

Agree with the patch. It does not make sense to have ->should_sort and
not set it for all the conditions that the list_sort() compare now
checks for.

Applied for 3.9, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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