Re: [PATCH] block: check more requests for multiple_queues in blk_attempt_plug_merge

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On 3/30/22 12:50 PM, Song Liu wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 8:58 AM Roger Heflin <rogerheflin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If someone sends a patch that will apply for 5.16 I can patch and compile, and run normal IO and a few raid checks tests.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 10:39 AM Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 3/30/22 9:17 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 08:49:07AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>>> On 3/30/22 8:39 AM, Larkin Lowrey wrote:
>>>>>> Thank you for investigating and resolving this issue. Your effort is
>>>>>> very much appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am interested in when this patch will end up in a release. Is it
>>>>>> going to make it into a 5.17.x release or will it not come until 5.18?
>>>>>
>>>>> The two patches are merged for 5.18, and I just checked and they apply
>>>>> directly to 5.17 as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Greg, care to queue up the two attached patches for 5.17-stable?
>>>>
>>>> Now queued up, but shouldn't they also work for 5.16?  They don't apply
>>>> there, but the Fixes: tag says it should.
>>>
>>> Yes, they should go to 5.16-stable as well. Song, do you have time to
>>> port and test on 5.16?
> 
> I ported the two patches on top of 5.16.18 (attached). They look good
> in my tests.

Thanks!

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Jens Axboe