From bd87b5898a72b1aef6acf3705c61c9f6372adf0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:33:08 +0200 Subject: block: drop @tsk from attempt_plug_merge() and explain sync rules attempt_plug_merge() accesses elevator without holding queue_lock and may call into ->elevator_bio_merge_fn(). The elvator is guaranteed to be valid because it's accessed iff the plugged list has requests and elevator is never exited with live requests, so as long as the elevator method can deal with unlocked access, this is safe. Explain the sync rules around attempt_plug_merge() and drop the unnecessary @tsk parameter. This patch doesn't introduce any functional change. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- include/linux/elevator.h | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/elevator.h b/include/linux/elevator.h index d800d5142184..1d0f7a2ff73b 100644 --- a/include/linux/elevator.h +++ b/include/linux/elevator.h @@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ struct elevator_ops elevator_merged_fn *elevator_merged_fn; elevator_merge_req_fn *elevator_merge_req_fn; elevator_allow_merge_fn *elevator_allow_merge_fn; + + /* + * Used for both plugged list and elevator merging and in the + * former case called without queue_lock. Read comment on top of + * attempt_plug_merge() for details. + */ elevator_bio_merged_fn *elevator_bio_merged_fn; elevator_dispatch_fn *elevator_dispatch_fn; -- cgit v1.2.3