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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fix readahead pipeline break caused by block plug
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 05:46:21AM -0500, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 06:34:16PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> > }
> >
> > + blk_start_plug(&plug);
> > written = mapping->a_ops->direct_IO(WRITE, iocb, iov, pos, *nr_segs);
> > + blk_finish_plug(&plug);
>
> Please move the plugging into ->direct_IO for both read and write, as
> that is the boundary between generic highlevel code, and low-level block
> code that should know about plugs.

The problem is, there are a dozen of ->direct_IO callback functions.
While there are only two ->direct_IO() callers, one for READ and
another for WRITE, which are much easier to deal with.

Thanks,
Fengguang


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