Re: null_blk: add blocking mode

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On 03/30/2017 11:53 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> This adds a new module parameter to null_blk, blocking. If set, null_blk
> will set the BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING flag, indicating that it sometimes/always
> needs to block in its ->queue_rq() function.  The intent is to help find
> regressions in blocking drivers, since not many of them exist.
> 
> If null_blk is loaded with submit_queues > 1 and blocking=1, this
> shows the regression recently fixed by bf4907c05e61.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx>




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