On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 04:19:18PM +0300, Sagi Grimberg wrote: > >> static void __blk_mq_requeue_request(struct request *rq) >> { >> struct request_queue *q = rq->q; >> + enum mq_rq_state old_state = blk_mq_rq_state(rq); >> blk_mq_put_driver_tag(rq); >> trace_block_rq_requeue(q, rq); >> wbt_requeue(q->rq_wb, &rq->issue_stat); >> - if (blk_mq_rq_state(rq) != MQ_RQ_IDLE) { >> - blk_mq_rq_update_state(rq, MQ_RQ_IDLE); >> + if (old_state != MQ_RQ_IDLE) { >> + if (!blk_mq_change_rq_state(rq, old_state, MQ_RQ_IDLE)) >> + WARN_ON_ONCE(true); >> if (q->dma_drain_size && blk_rq_bytes(rq)) >> rq->nr_phys_segments--; >> } > > Can you explain why was old_state kept as a local variable? As it was me who added this: just to not read it again as no one else can change the state at this point. >> +static inline bool blk_mq_change_rq_state(struct request *rq, >> + enum mq_rq_state old_state, >> + enum mq_rq_state new_state) >> { >> - u64 old_val = READ_ONCE(rq->gstate); >> - u64 new_val = (old_val & ~MQ_RQ_STATE_MASK) | state; >> - >> - if (state == MQ_RQ_IN_FLIGHT) { >> - WARN_ON_ONCE((old_val & MQ_RQ_STATE_MASK) != MQ_RQ_IDLE); >> - new_val += MQ_RQ_GEN_INC; >> - } >> + unsigned long old_val = (READ_ONCE(rq->__deadline) & ~RQ_STATE_MASK) | >> + old_state; >> + unsigned long new_val = (old_val & ~RQ_STATE_MASK) | new_state; >> - /* avoid exposing interim values */ >> - WRITE_ONCE(rq->gstate, new_val); >> + return cmpxchg(&rq->__deadline, old_val, new_val) == old_val; >> } > > Can you explain why this takes the old_state of the request? > > Otherwise this looks good to me, Because that is how cmpxchg works?