linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] block: revert back to synchronous request

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Message-ID: <e1fad3cd-32a1-7a08-b8a4-084dfbff4680@acm.org>
Date:   Fri, 12 Jun 2020 18:53:40 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, axboe@...nel.dk,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, mingo@...hat.com, jack@...e.cz,
        ming.lei@...hat.com, nstange@...e.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     mhocko@...e.com, yukuai3@...wei.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        jejb@...ux.ibm.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Omar Sandoval <osandov@...com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] block: revert back to synchronous request_queue
 removal

On 2020-06-08 10:01, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> + * Drivers exist which depend on the release of the request_queue to be
> + * synchronous, it should not be deferred.

This sounds mysterious. Which drivers? Why do these depend on this
function being synchronous? Anyway:

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>