[PATCH 1/5] blk: clean up plug

From: Shaohua Li
Date: Thu Apr 30 2015 - 13:45:47 EST


Current code looks like inner plug gets flushed with a
blk_finish_plug(). Actually it's a nop. All requests/callbacks are added
to current->plug, while only outmost plug is assigned to current->plug.
So inner plug always has empty request/callback list, which makes
blk_flush_plug_list() a nop. This tries to make the code more clear.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-core.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index fd154b9..d51ed61 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -3031,21 +3031,20 @@ void blk_start_plug(struct blk_plug *plug)
{
struct task_struct *tsk = current;

+ /*
+ * If this is a nested plug, don't actually assign it.
+ */
+ if (tsk->plug)
+ return;
+
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&plug->list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&plug->mq_list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&plug->cb_list);
-
/*
- * If this is a nested plug, don't actually assign it. It will be
- * flushed on its own.
+ * Store ordering should not be needed here, since a potential
+ * preempt will imply a full memory barrier
*/
- if (!tsk->plug) {
- /*
- * Store ordering should not be needed here, since a potential
- * preempt will imply a full memory barrier
- */
- tsk->plug = plug;
- }
+ tsk->plug = plug;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_start_plug);

@@ -3192,10 +3191,11 @@ void blk_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)

void blk_finish_plug(struct blk_plug *plug)
{
+ if (plug != current->plug)
+ return;
blk_flush_plug_list(plug, false);

- if (plug == current->plug)
- current->plug = NULL;
+ current->plug = NULL;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_finish_plug);

--
1.8.1

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