If a driver sets BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING, it is allowed to block in its ->queue_rq() handler. For that case, blk-mq ensures that we always calls it from a safe context. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxx> --- block/blk-mq.c | 2 +- include/linux/blk-mq.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index c29700010b5c..eae2f12f011f 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ void blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, bool async) !blk_mq_hw_queue_mapped(hctx))) return; - if (!async) { + if (!async && !(hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING)) { int cpu = get_cpu(); if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, hctx->cpumask)) { __blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx); diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h index fbcfdf323243..5daa0ef756dd 100644 --- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h +++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h @@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ enum { BLK_MQ_F_TAG_SHARED = 1 << 1, BLK_MQ_F_SG_MERGE = 1 << 2, BLK_MQ_F_DEFER_ISSUE = 1 << 4, + BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING = 1 << 5, BLK_MQ_F_ALLOC_POLICY_START_BIT = 8, BLK_MQ_F_ALLOC_POLICY_BITS = 1, -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-block" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html