lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2008]   [Oct]   [27]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] block: add queue flag for paravirt frontend drivers
On Mon, Oct 27 2008, Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao wrote:
> As is the case with SSD devices, we do not want to idle in AS/CFQ when
> the block device is a paravirt front-end driver. This patch adds a flag
> (QUEUE_FLAG_VIRT) which should be used by front-end drivers such as
> virtio_blk and xen-blkfront to indicate a paravirtualized device.

All three patches look fine, although we could just reuse
QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT directly. But I agree it makes sense to make the
distinction, so I've just applied 1-3.

--
Jens Axboe

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2008-10-27 13:59    [W:0.085 / U:0.316 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site