linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/11] blk: make the bioset rescue

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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:51:01 +1000
From:   NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] blk: make the bioset rescue_workqueue optional.

On Fri, Apr 21 2017, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 03:38:48PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
>> This patch converts bioset_create() and
>> bioset_create_nobvec() to not create a workqueue so
>> alloctions will never trigger punt_bios_to_rescuer().  It
>> also introduces bioset_create_rescued() and
>> bioset_create_nobvec_rescued() which preserve the old
>> behaviour.
>
> Why these super-early line breaks in the committ message?  They make
> the text much more awkware compared to say:

I usually set a smaller wrap-margin for git comments because of the
extra space that git inserts on the left.  Maybe I over-do it.

>
> This patch converts bioset_create() and bioset_create_nobvec() to not
> create a workqueue so alloctions will never trigger
> punt_bios_to_rescuer(). It also introduces bioset_create_rescued() and
> bioset_create_nobvec_rescued() which preserve the old behaviour.
>
>>  static struct bio_set *__bioset_create(unsigned int pool_size,
>>  				       unsigned int front_pad,
>> -				       bool create_bvec_pool)
>> +				       bool create_bvec_pool,
>> +				       bool create_rescue_workqueue)
>
> I'd much prefer a single new bioset_create with a bunch of flags
> arguments over the number of new functions and these bool arguments.

I was following the existing practice exemplified by
bioset_create_nobvec().
By not changing the signature of the function, I can avoid touching
quite a few places where it is called.
I hope to get rid of the _rescued() versions eventually.  That is easier
if there are a separate function rather than an extra arg that needs
to be removed everywhere.

NeilBrown

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