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

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Message-ID: <20140527181415.GA8739@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 27 May 2014 11:14:15 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
	Mike Snitzer <msnitzer@...hat.com>,
	Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>,
	"Alasdair G. Kergon" <agk@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dm-devel@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] block: flush queued bios when the process
 blocks

On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 11:42:26AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Except such a thing already exists, there are unplug callback
> chains. All I'm asking is that you look into how feasible it would
> be to use something like that, instead of reinventing the wheel.

I suspect the code from MD could be lifted quite easily.

It would be nicer to move it up to the block layer entirely, but when I
tried that a while ago I ran into issues that I unfortunately don't
remember.
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