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author | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2009-05-08 11:54:16 +0900 |
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committer | Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> | 2009-05-11 09:52:18 +0200 |
commit | 9934c8c04561413609d2bc38c6b9f268cba774a4 (patch) | |
tree | 30dd8f7be54f9b2e03094de9cd03b6a9ee2909cd /include/linux/elevator.h | |
parent | 2343046826a8ca426b07601d9593ee046c298b68 (diff) | |
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block: implement and enforce request peek/start/fetch
Till now block layer allowed two separate modes of request execution.
A request is always acquired from the request queue via
elv_next_request(). After that, drivers are free to either dequeue it
or process it without dequeueing. Dequeue allows elv_next_request()
to return the next request so that multiple requests can be in flight.
Executing requests without dequeueing has its merits mostly in
allowing drivers for simpler devices which can't do sg to deal with
segments only without considering request boundary. However, the
benefit this brings is dubious and declining while the cost of the API
ambiguity is increasing. Segment based drivers are usually for very
old or limited devices and as converting to dequeueing model isn't
difficult, it doesn't justify the API overhead it puts on block layer
and its more modern users.
Previous patches converted all block low level drivers to dequeueing
model. This patch completes the API transition by...
* renaming elv_next_request() to blk_peek_request()
* renaming blkdev_dequeue_request() to blk_start_request()
* adding blk_fetch_request() which is combination of peek and start
* disallowing completion of queued (not started) requests
* applying new API to all LLDs
Renamings are for consistency and to break out of tree code so that
it's apparent that out of tree drivers need updating.
[ Impact: block request issue API cleanup, no functional change ]
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Cc: unsik Kim <donari75@gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com>
Cc: Tim Waugh <tim@cyberelk.net>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Laurent Vivier <Laurent@lvivier.info>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: Adrian McMenamin <adrian@mcmen.demon.co.uk>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@googlemail.com>
Cc: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>
Cc: Alex Dubov <oakad@yahoo.com>
Cc: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com>
Cc: Stefan Weinhuber <wein@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
Cc: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/elevator.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/elevator.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/elevator.h b/include/linux/elevator.h index 4e462878c9ca..1cb3372e65d8 100644 --- a/include/linux/elevator.h +++ b/include/linux/elevator.h @@ -103,10 +103,8 @@ extern int elv_merge(struct request_queue *, struct request **, struct bio *); extern void elv_merge_requests(struct request_queue *, struct request *, struct request *); extern void elv_merged_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int); -extern void elv_dequeue_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *); extern void elv_requeue_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *); extern int elv_queue_empty(struct request_queue *); -extern struct request *elv_next_request(struct request_queue *q); extern struct request *elv_former_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *); extern struct request *elv_latter_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *); extern int elv_register_queue(struct request_queue *q); |