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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/blkdev.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/blkdev.h | 45 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h index 7fbaa9103344..94acd8172b5b 100644 --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ #include <linux/wait.h> #include <linux/mempool.h> #include <linux/bio.h> -#include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/stringify.h> #include <linux/gfp.h> #include <linux/bsg.h> @@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ #include <asm/scatterlist.h> +struct module; struct scsi_ioctl_command; struct request_queue; @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ struct request_pm_state #include <linux/elevator.h> typedef void (request_fn_proc) (struct request_queue *q); -typedef int (make_request_fn) (struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio); +typedef void (make_request_fn) (struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio); typedef int (prep_rq_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *); typedef void (unprep_rq_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *); @@ -680,6 +680,8 @@ extern int scsi_cmd_ioctl(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *, fmode_t, extern int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *, fmode_t, struct scsi_ioctl_command __user *); +extern void blk_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio); + /* * A queue has just exitted congestion. Note this in the global counter of * congested queues, and wake up anyone who was waiting for requests to be @@ -803,9 +805,6 @@ extern void blk_unprep_request(struct request *); */ extern struct request_queue *blk_init_queue_node(request_fn_proc *rfn, spinlock_t *lock, int node_id); -extern struct request_queue *blk_init_allocated_queue_node(struct request_queue *, - request_fn_proc *, - spinlock_t *, int node_id); extern struct request_queue *blk_init_queue(request_fn_proc *, spinlock_t *); extern struct request_queue *blk_init_allocated_queue(struct request_queue *, request_fn_proc *, spinlock_t *); @@ -863,16 +862,22 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t, int); extern void blk_put_queue(struct request_queue *); /* - * Note: Code in between changing the blk_plug list/cb_list or element of such - * lists is preemptable, but such code can't do sleep (or be very careful), - * otherwise data is corrupted. For details, please check schedule() where - * blk_schedule_flush_plug() is called. + * blk_plug permits building a queue of related requests by holding the I/O + * fragments for a short period. This allows merging of sequential requests + * into single larger request. As the requests are moved from a per-task list to + * the device's request_queue in a batch, this results in improved scalability + * as the lock contention for request_queue lock is reduced. + * + * It is ok not to disable preemption when adding the request to the plug list + * or when attempting a merge, because blk_schedule_flush_list() will only flush + * the plug list when the task sleeps by itself. For details, please see + * schedule() where blk_schedule_flush_plug() is called. */ struct blk_plug { - unsigned long magic; - struct list_head list; - struct list_head cb_list; - unsigned int should_sort; + unsigned long magic; /* detect uninitialized use-cases */ + struct list_head list; /* requests */ + struct list_head cb_list; /* md requires an unplug callback */ + unsigned int should_sort; /* list to be sorted before flushing? */ }; #define BLK_MAX_REQUEST_COUNT 16 @@ -1189,20 +1194,6 @@ static inline uint64_t rq_io_start_time_ns(struct request *req) } #endif -#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING -extern int blk_throtl_init(struct request_queue *q); -extern void blk_throtl_exit(struct request_queue *q); -extern int blk_throtl_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio **bio); -#else /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING */ -static inline int blk_throtl_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio **bio) -{ - return 0; -} - -static inline int blk_throtl_init(struct request_queue *q) { return 0; } -static inline int blk_throtl_exit(struct request_queue *q) { return 0; } -#endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING */ - #define MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV(major,minor) \ MODULE_ALIAS("block-major-" __stringify(major) "-" __stringify(minor)) #define MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV_MAJOR(major) \ |