Re: [PATCH 02/11] block: relocate elevator initialized test fromblk_cleanup_queue() to blk_drain_queue()

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 03:20:42PM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> > @@ -359,6 +359,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_put_queue);
> >   */
> >  void blk_drain_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool drain_all)
> >  {
> > +	/*
> > +	 * The caller might be trying to tear down @q before its elevator
> > +	 * is initialized, in which case we don't want to call into it.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (!q->elevator)
> > +		return;
> > +
> 
> Shouldn't blk_throtl_drain() be called irrespective of the fact whether
> elevator is initilialized or not? On bio based drivers, there will be
> no elevator but bios can still be throttled.

Hmmm... probably, but doesn't that mean the code is already broken for
bio based drivers using throtl?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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