Re: [PATCH 1/1] block: rework flush sequencing for blk-mq

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Feb 10 2014 - 05:33:23 EST


On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 08:55:07AM +0800, Shaohua Li wrote:
> Yep, none driver needs it. But reverse mapping is the one of the points we use
> tag, so better we prepare it.

I don't think adding unused code to tree for a future driver is a good
idea, although I'm happy to help out with the functionality as soon
as the need arrives.

In the meantime we really need something like this fix to allow
non-trivial drivers to use blk-mq.
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