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SubjectRe: [PATCH 07/10] fs: make generic file read/write functions plug
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 01:17:26AM +0000, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
> ---
> mm/filemap.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index 380776c..f9a29c8 100644
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -1243,12 +1243,15 @@ generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
> unsigned long seg = 0;
> size_t count;
> loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
> + struct blk_plug plug;
>
> count = 0;
> retval = generic_segment_checks(iov, &nr_segs, &count, VERIFY_WRITE);
> if (retval)
> return retval;
>
> + blk_start_plug(&plug);
> +

Jens,

IIUC, read requests will be considered SYNC and it looks like that
__make_request() will dispatch all the SYNC requests immediately. If
that's the case then for read path blk_plug mechanism is not required?

Thanks
Vivek


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