Messages in this thread | | | From | Jeff Moyer <> | Subject | Re: block: eliminate ELEVATOR_INSERT_REQUEUE | Date | Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:56:29 -0400 |
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Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> writes:
> 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.
Could you document the nuance in that patch, please?
Thanks, Jeff
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