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From: Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@sandisk.com>
To: "hch@infradead.org" <hch@infradead.org>,
	"linux-block@vger.kernel.org" <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>,
	"axboe@fb.com" <axboe@fb.com>,
	"ming.lei@redhat.com" <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] blk-mq: clarify dispatch may not be drained/blocked by stopping queue
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 23:55:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1496706919.2623.36.camel@sandisk.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170605155925.7896-11-ming.lei@redhat.com>

On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 23:59 +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> +/*
> + * We do not guarantee that dispatch can be drained or blocked
> + * after blk_mq_stop_hw_queue() returns. Please use
> + * blk_mq_quiesce_queue() for that requirement.
> + */

Hello Ming,

This is comment explains what blk_mq_stop_hw_queue() should not be used for
and may leave the reader wondering what it is useful for. How about mention=
ing
first that this function is useful to pause .queue_rq() calls as long as th=
e
block driver it will have to return BUSY if .queue_rq() is called?

Bart.=

  reply	other threads:[~2017-06-05 23:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-05 15:59 [PATCH v4 00/11] blk-mq: fix & improve queue quiescing Ming Lei
2017-06-05 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 01/11] blk-mq: fix direct issue Ming Lei
2017-06-05 21:25   ` Bart Van Assche
2017-06-06  4:21     ` Ming Lei
2017-06-05 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 02/11] blk-mq: move blk_mq_quiesce_queue() into include/linux/blk-mq.h Ming Lei
2017-06-05 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 03/11] blk-mq: introduce blk_mq_quiesce_queue_nowait() Ming Lei
2017-06-05 21:29   ` Bart Van Assche
2017-06-05 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 04/11] blk-mq: introduce blk_mq_unquiesce_queue Ming Lei
2017-06-05 21:31   ` Bart Van Assche
2017-06-05 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 05/11] blk-mq: use the introduced blk_mq_unquiesce_queue() Ming Lei
2017-06-05 21:31   ` Bart Van Assche
2017-06-05 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 06/11] nvme: host: unquiesce queue in nvme_kill_queues() Ming Lei
2017-06-05 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 07/11] blk-mq: use QUEUE_FLAG_QUIESCED to quiesce queue Ming Lei
2017-06-05 21:32   ` Bart Van Assche
2017-06-05 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 08/11] blk-mq: update comments on blk_mq_quiesce_queue() Ming Lei
2017-06-05 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 09/11] blk-mq: don't stop queue for quiescing Ming Lei
2017-06-05 21:36   ` Bart Van Assche
2017-06-05 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 10/11] blk-mq: clarify dispatch may not be drained/blocked by stopping queue Ming Lei
2017-06-05 23:55   ` Bart Van Assche [this message]
2017-06-06 12:48     ` Ming Lei
2017-06-05 15:59 ` [PATCH v4 11/11] Revert "blk-mq: don't use sync workqueue flushing from drivers" Ming Lei
2017-06-05 21:39   ` Bart Van Assche

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