tree 0b0bb541cfe73fbbd25a1b39585a97fa923270d0
parent 29e4013de7ad950280e4b220894986866697d419
author Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> 1283962020 +0200
committer Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com> 1284114938 +0200

dm: relax ordering of bio-based flush implementation

Unlike REQ_HARDBARRIER, REQ_FLUSH/FUA doesn't mandate any ordering
against other bio's.  This patch relaxes ordering around flushes.

* A flush bio is no longer deferred to workqueue directly.  It's
  processed like other bio's but __split_and_process_bio() uses
  md->flush_bio as the clone source.  md->flush_bio is initialized to
  empty flush during md initialization and shared for all flushes.

* As a flush bio now travels through the same execution path as other
  bio's, there's no need for dedicated error handling path either.  It
  can use the same error handling path in dec_pending().  Dedicated
  error handling removed along with md->flush_error.

* When dec_pending() detects that a flush has completed, it checks
  whether the original bio has data.  If so, the bio is queued to the
  deferred list w/ REQ_FLUSH cleared; otherwise, it's completed.

* As flush sequencing is handled in the usual issue/completion path,
  dm_wq_work() no longer needs to handle flushes differently.  Now its
  only responsibility is re-issuing deferred bio's the same way as
  _dm_request() would.  REQ_FLUSH handling logic including
  process_flush() is dropped.

* There's no reason for queue_io() and dm_wq_work() write lock
  dm->io_lock.  queue_io() now only uses md->deferred_lock and
  dm_wq_work() read locks dm->io_lock.

* bio's no longer need to be queued on the deferred list while a flush
  is in progress making DMF_QUEUE_IO_TO_THREAD unncessary.  Drop it.

This avoids stalling the device during flushes and simplifies the
implementation.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>