linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v6 8/8] blk-throttle: clean up flag 'THROTL_TG

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jul 2022 08:44:29 -1000
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
Cc:     mkoutny@...e.com, axboe@...nel.dk, ming.lei@...hat.com,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yukuai3@...wei.com,
        yi.zhang@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v6 8/8] blk-throttle: clean up flag
 'THROTL_TG_PENDING'

On Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 05:34:41PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> 
> All related operations are inside 'queue_lock', there is no need to use
> the flag, we only need to make sure throtl_enqueue_tg() is called when
> the first bio is throttled, and throtl_dequeue_tg() is called when the
> last throttled bio is dispatched.

Ah, okay, so the prev patch was to enable this cleanup. Can you please note
so in the previous patch and also that this doesn't cause any functional
changes?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun