tree b8eeb521a7833cb198d6f39d5a931d820e2a663f
parent a488e74976bf0a9bccecdd094378394942dacef1
author Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com> 1299586791 +0100
committer Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com> 1299743154 +0100

block: initial patch for on-stack per-task plugging

This patch adds support for creating a queuing context outside
of the queue itself. This enables us to batch up pieces of IO
before grabbing the block device queue lock and submitting them to
the IO scheduler.

The context is created on the stack of the process and assigned in
the task structure, so that we can auto-unplug it if we hit a schedule
event.

The current queue plugging happens implicitly if IO is submitted to
an empty device, yet callers have to remember to unplug that IO when
they are going to wait for it. This is an ugly API and has caused bugs
in the past. Additionally, it requires hacks in the vm (->sync_page()
callback) to handle that logic. By switching to an explicit plugging
scheme we make the API a lot nicer and can get rid of the ->sync_page()
hack in the vm.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>