Re: [PATCH] blk-mq: add timer in blk_mq_start_request

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Mon Jun 09 2014 - 12:19:51 EST


On 06/09/2014 10:16 AM, Ming Lei wrote:
> This way will become consistent with non-mq case, also
> avoid to update rq->deadline twice for mq.
>
> The comment said: "We do this early, to ensure we are on
> the right CPU.", but no percpu stuff is used in blk_add_timer(),
> so it isn't necessary. Even when inserting from plug list, there
> is no such guarantee at all.

Thanks, this is a good cleanup. That particular comment predates the
strict mappings of the queues, so it doesn't apply anymore anyway.

--
Jens Axboe

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