On 06/04/2014 09:58 AM, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> When the SG_IO ioctl was copied into the block layer and
> later into the bsg driver, subtle differences emerged.
> 
> One difference is the way injected commands are queued through
> the block layer (i.e. this is not SCSI device queueing nor SATA
> NCQ). Summarizing:
>   - SG_IO in the block layer: blk_exec*(at_head=false)
>   - sg SG_IO: at_head=true
>   - bsg SG_IO: at_head=true
> 
> Some time ago Boaz Harrosh introduced a sg v4 flag called
> BSG_FLAG_Q_AT_TAIL to override the bsg driver default.
> This patch does the equivalent for the sg driver.
> 
> 
> ChangeLog:
>     Introduce SG_FLAG_Q_AT_TAIL flag to cause commands
>     to be injected into the block layer with
>     at_head=false.
> 
> Changes since v1:
>     Make guard condition (only take sg v3 interface or later
>     invocations) clearer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Gilbert <[email protected]>

Looks ok to me.

Reviewed-by: Mike Christie <[email protected]>
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