[PATCH 6/6] block: fix empty barrier on write-through w/ ordered tag

[Tejun Heo]

Empty barrier on write-through (or no cache) w/ ordered tag has no
command to execute and without any command to execute ordered tag is
never issued to the device and the ordering is never achieved.  Force
draining for such cases.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 block/blk-barrier.c |   14 +++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-barrier.c b/block/blk-barrier.c
index c63044e..8eba4e4 100644
--- a/block/blk-barrier.c
+++ b/block/blk-barrier.c
@@ -166,9 +166,21 @@ static inline bool start_ordered(struct request_queue *q, struct request **rqp)
 	 * For an empty barrier, there's no actual BAR request, which
 	 * in turn makes POSTFLUSH unnecessary.  Mask them off.
 	 */
-	if (!rq->hard_nr_sectors)
+	if (!rq->hard_nr_sectors) {
 		q->ordered &= ~(QUEUE_ORDERED_DO_BAR |
 				QUEUE_ORDERED_DO_POSTFLUSH);
+		/*
+		 * Empty barrier on a write-through device w/ ordered
+		 * tag has no command to issue and without any command
+		 * to issue, ordering by tag can't be used.  Drain
+		 * instead.
+		 */
+		if ((q->ordered & QUEUE_ORDERED_BY_TAG) &&
+		    !(q->ordered & QUEUE_ORDERED_DO_PREFLUSH)) {
+			q->ordered &= ~QUEUE_ORDERED_BY_TAG;
+			q->ordered |= QUEUE_ORDERED_BY_DRAIN;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/* stash away the original request */
 	elv_dequeue_request(q, rq);
-- 
1.5.6

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