Re: [PATCH 1/3] block: add flag for single-threaded submission

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On 7/19/16 23:02, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
Some devices (most notably SMR drives) support only
one I/O stream eg for ensuring ordered I/O submission.
This patch adds a new block queue flag
'BLK_QUEUE_SINGLE' to support these devices.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>
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 block/blk-core.c       | 2 ++
 include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@xxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@xxxxxxxx>

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