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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/blk_types.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/blk_types.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h index 6a53799c3fe2..feff3fe4467e 100644 --- a/include/linux/blk_types.h +++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h @@ -311,6 +311,14 @@ enum req_flag_bits { __REQ_RAHEAD, /* read ahead, can fail anytime */ __REQ_BACKGROUND, /* background IO */ __REQ_NOWAIT, /* Don't wait if request will block */ + /* + * When a shared kthread needs to issue a bio for a cgroup, doing + * so synchronously can lead to priority inversions as the kthread + * can be trapped waiting for that cgroup. CGROUP_PUNT flag makes + * submit_bio() punt the actual issuing to a dedicated per-blkcg + * work item to avoid such priority inversions. + */ + __REQ_CGROUP_PUNT, /* command specific flags for REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES: */ __REQ_NOUNMAP, /* do not free blocks when zeroing */ @@ -337,6 +345,8 @@ enum req_flag_bits { #define REQ_RAHEAD (1ULL << __REQ_RAHEAD) #define REQ_BACKGROUND (1ULL << __REQ_BACKGROUND) #define REQ_NOWAIT (1ULL << __REQ_NOWAIT) +#define REQ_CGROUP_PUNT (1ULL << __REQ_CGROUP_PUNT) + #define REQ_NOUNMAP (1ULL << __REQ_NOUNMAP) #define REQ_HIPRI (1ULL << __REQ_HIPRI) |