Re: [PATCH 1/5] block: have plug stored requests hold references to the queue

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On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 12:21:57PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Requests that were stored in the cache deliberately didn't hold an enter
> reference to the queue, instead we grabbed one every time we pulled a
> request out of there. That made for awkward logic on freeing the remainder
> of the cached list, if needed, where we had to artificially raise the
> queue usage count before each free.
> 
> Grab references up front for cached plug requests. That's safer, and also
> more efficient.

I think it would be useful to add zour explanation why the cached
requests should be flushed at schedule time now here.

Otherwise this looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>



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