Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:32:52 +0200 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: block: eliminate ELEVATOR_INSERT_REQUEUE |
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On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 07:13:20PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 2011-03-30 17:30, Tejun Heo wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:22:48AM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote: > >> So wee need this as stable fix because FLUSH request can get ahead of > >> REQUEUED requests and it can break some drivers? > > > > Yes, I think so. All we need is just replacing elv_insert() calls in > > blk-flush.c with list_add_tail(). Something like the following. I'll > > test it and send a proper patch later. Thanks. > > I'd suggest I just mark the queued patch for stable.
Ah, right. It might not apply without conflict but they're basically the same changes. Thanks.
-- tejun
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