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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] blk-core: introduce queue close feature
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Hi Bart

On 09/05/2018 11:57 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-09-05 at 12:09 +0800, Jianchao Wang wrote:
>> blk queue freeze is often used to prevent new IO from entering
>> request queue. However, becuase we kill the percpu-ref
>> q_usage_counter when freeze queue, we have to drain the request
>> queue when unfreeze. This is unnecessary for just preventing new
>> IO. In addition, If there is IO timeout or other issue when unfreeze
>> the queue, the scenario could be very tricky.
>>
>> So we introduce BLK_QUEUE_GATE_CLOSED to implement a light-weight
>> queue close feature base on the queue_gate to prevent new IO from
>> comming in queue which will not need to drain the queue any more.
>
> Does the "queue gate close" feature cause blk_get_request() /
> blk_mq_get_request() to block until blk_clear_queue_closed() is called?

Yes. It works in blk_queue_enter. So it could cover blk_mq_get_request

If
> so, I think we need a better name for this feature. How about calling these
> two operations suspend and resume?

I'm open for it. :)

>
> Thanks,
>
> Bart.
>

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