Hello,
On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 12:07:24PM +0200, Lars Ellenberg wrote:
> So reiterating the situation:
>
> If I'd submit a non-empty bio with FLUSH/FUA set,
> on a queue that does support flush, we get to
> blk_queue_bio()
> if (bio->bi_rw & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)) {
> spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
> where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_FLUSH;
> goto get_rq;
>
> This bio ends up *not* being merged or reordered by the elevator.
> (and, by means of flush/fua not by the hardware, either, obviously)
>
> If the queue does not support it, flags are stripped away in
> generic_make_request_checks(), and we will not take that branch
> in blk_queue_bio(), but enter the normal elevator code path,
> attempting a merge, or doing ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT.
which is an implementation detail.
> This same bio, happening to be submitted on a different IO stack,
> now *is* being reordered in the elevator already,
> even before being sent to the hardware.
and this is perfectly fine.
I really don't see what problem you're trying to solve here. The
ordering requirement is weak. Certain implementation path uses
stronger requirement for convenience / historical reasons. If any
change makes sense, it's relaxing the unnecessarily strict ordering if
possible.
What actual problem are you seeing?
Thanks.
--
tejun
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