linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: flush queued bios when the process blocks

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Date:	Tue, 27 May 2014 10:59:19 -0700
From:	Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	device-mapper development <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
	"Alasdair G. Kergon" <agk@...hat.com>,
	Mike Snitzer <msnitzer@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: flush queued bios when the process blocks

On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> wrote:
> This really begs the question of why we just don't use the per-process plugs
> for this. We already have scheduler hooks in place to flush those at the
> appropriate time. Why are we reinventing something for essentially the same
> thing?

Yes! Unifying the two plugging mechanisms has been on my todo/wishlist for ages.
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