Re: block: eliminate ELEVATOR_INSERT_REQUEUE

[Jeff Moyer]

Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 2011-03-30 17:30, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:22:48AM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
>>> So wee need this as stable fix because FLUSH request can get ahead of
>>> REQUEUED requests and it can break some drivers?
>> 
>> Yes, I think so.  All we need is just replacing elv_insert() calls in
>> blk-flush.c with list_add_tail().  Something like the following.  I'll
>> test it and send a proper patch later.  Thanks.
>
> I'd suggest I just mark the queued patch for stable.

Could you document the nuance in that patch, please?

Thanks,
Jeff
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