As discussed [1], accounting IO is meant for blkio only. Document that so driver authors won't use them for device io.
[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.i2c/20470 Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <[email protected]> --- kernel/sched/completion.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched/completion.c b/kernel/sched/completion.c index a63f4dc27909..607f852b4d04 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/completion.c +++ b/kernel/sched/completion.c @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion_timeout); * * This waits to be signaled for completion of a specific task. It is NOT * interruptible and there is no timeout. The caller is accounted as waiting - * for IO. + * for IO (which traditionally means blkio only). */ void __sched wait_for_completion_io(struct completion *x) { @@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion_io); * * This waits for either a completion of a specific task to be signaled or for a * specified timeout to expire. The timeout is in jiffies. It is not - * interruptible. The caller is accounted as waiting for IO. + * interruptible. The caller is accounted as waiting for IO (which traditionally + * means blkio only). * * Return: 0 if timed out, and positive (at least 1, or number of jiffies left * till timeout) if completed. -- 2.1.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
