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This patch adds blk_update_request(), which updates struct request
with completing its data part, but doesn't complete the struct
request itself.
Though it looks like end_that_request_first() of older kernels,
blk_update_request() should be used only by request stacking drivers.
Request-based dm will use it in bio->bi_end_io callback to update
the original request when a data part of a cloned request completes.
Followings are additional background information of why request-based
dm needs this interface.
- Request stacking drivers can't use blk_end_request() directly from
the lower driver's completion context (bio->bi_end_io or rq->end_io),
because some device drivers (e.g. ide) may try to complete
their request with queue lock held, and it may cause deadlock.
See below for detailed description of possible deadlock:
<http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120311479108569&w=2>
- To solve that, request-based dm offloads the completion of
cloned struct request to softirq context (i.e. using
blk_complete_request() from rq->end_io).
- Though it is possible to use the same solution from bio->bi_end_io,
it will delay the notification of bio completion to the original
submitter. Also, it will cause inefficient partial completion,
because the lower driver can't perform the cloned request anymore
and request-based dm needs to requeue and redispatch it to
the lower driver again later. That's not good.
- So request-based dm needs blk_update_request() to perform the bio
completion in the lower driver's completion context, which is more
efficient.
Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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| .. | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| Kconfig.iosched | ||
| Makefile | ||
| as-iosched.c | ||
| blk-barrier.c | ||
| blk-core.c | ||
| blk-exec.c | ||
| blk-integrity.c | ||
| blk-ioc.c | ||
| blk-map.c | ||
| blk-merge.c | ||
| blk-settings.c | ||
| blk-softirq.c | ||
| blk-sysfs.c | ||
| blk-tag.c | ||
| blk-timeout.c | ||
| blk.h | ||
| blktrace.c | ||
| bsg.c | ||
| cfq-iosched.c | ||
| cmd-filter.c | ||
| compat_ioctl.c | ||
| deadline-iosched.c | ||
| elevator.c | ||
| genhd.c | ||
| ioctl.c | ||
| noop-iosched.c | ||
| scsi_ioctl.c | ||