Re: [PATCH] block: flush queued bios when the process blocks

From: Kent Overstreet
Date: Tue May 27 2014 - 13:59:23 EST


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This really begs the question of why we just don't use the per-process plugs
> for this. We already have scheduler hooks in place to flush those at the
> appropriate time. Why are we reinventing something for essentially the same
> thing?

Yes! Unifying the two plugging mechanisms has been on my todo/wishlist for ages.
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