Re: [PATCH v7 9/9] blk-throttle: clean up flag 'THROTL_TG_PENDING'

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Aug 17 2022 - 13:54:25 EST


Hello,

On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 09:45:13AM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> > I don't know whether this is better or not. It's minutely less lines of code
> > but also makes the code a bit more fragile. I'm ambivalent. At any rate,
> > please move these trivial patches to the head of the series or post them
> > separately.
>
> Can I ask why do you think this patch makes the code a bit more fragile?

It's just one step further removed. Before, the flag was trivially in sync
with the on queue status. After, the relationship is more indirect and
easier to break accidentally. Not that it's a major problem. Just not sure
what the benefit of the change is.

> By the way, I'll post these trivial patches separately.

Sounds great.

Thanks.

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tejun