BLK_MQ_S_STOPPED may not be observed in other concurrent I/O paths, we can't guarantee that dispatching won't happen after returning from the APIs of stopping queue. So clarify the fact and avoid potential misuse. Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-mq.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index bcff1b184bbb..352aaaf0bcf9 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -1187,6 +1187,11 @@ static void __blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, bool sync) set_bit(BLK_MQ_S_STOPPED, &hctx->state); } +/* + * We do not guarantee that dispatch can be drained or blocked + * after blk_mq_stop_hw_queue() returns. Please use + * blk_mq_quiesce_queue() for that requirement. + */ void blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) { __blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(hctx, false); @@ -1202,6 +1207,11 @@ static void __blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, bool sync) __blk_mq_stop_hw_queue(hctx, sync); } +/* + * We do not guarantee that dispatch can be drained or blocked + * after blk_mq_stop_hw_queues() returns. Please use + * blk_mq_quiesce_queue() for that requirement. + */ void blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q) { __blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(q, false); -- 2.9.4