Running a queue causes the block layer to examine the per-CPU and hw queues but not the requeue list. Hence add a 'kick' operation that also examines the requeue list. Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxx> Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-mq-debugfs.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c index a5e286e04569..aeca26c739d1 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c +++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c @@ -120,8 +120,10 @@ static ssize_t blk_queue_flags_store(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf, blk_mq_run_hw_queues(q, true); } else if (strcmp(op, "start") == 0) { blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(q, true); + } else if (strcmp(op, "kick") == 0) { + blk_mq_kick_requeue_list(q); } else { - pr_err("%s: unsupported operation %s. Use either 'run' or 'start'\n", + pr_err("%s: unsupported operation %s. Use 'run', 'start' or 'kick'\n", __func__, op); return -EINVAL; } -- 2.12.2