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Subject[PATCH 1/4] elevator: update the document of elevator_switch
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We no longer support falling back to the old io scheduler if switching to
the new one fails. Update the document to indicate that.

Fixes: a1ce35fa4985 ("block: remove dead elevator code")
Signed-off-by: Jinlong Chen <nickyc975@zju.edu.cn>
---
block/elevator.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index a5bdc3b1e7e5..01aa9f38f22e 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -650,10 +650,10 @@ void elevator_init_mq(struct request_queue *q)
}

/*
- * switch to new_e io scheduler. be careful not to introduce deadlocks -
- * we don't free the old io scheduler, before we have allocated what we
- * need for the new one. this way we have a chance of going back to the old
- * one, if the new one fails init for some reason.
+ * Switch to new_e io scheduler.
+ *
+ * If switching fails, we are most likely running out of memory and not able
+ * to restore the old io scheduler, so leaving the io scheduler being none.
*/
int elevator_switch(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *new_e)
{
--
2.34.1
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