Hello, On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 05:55:49PM -0500, Mike Snitzer wrote: > @@ -808,9 +808,14 @@ static struct request *get_request(struc > rl->count[is_sync]++; > rl->starved[is_sync] = 0; > > - priv = !test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_ELVSWITCH, &q->queue_flags); > - if (priv) > - rl->elvpriv++; > + /* > + * Only initialize elevator data if REQ_SORTED is set. > + */ > + if (rw_flags & REQ_SORTED) { > + priv = !test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_ELVSWITCH, &q->queue_flags); > + if (priv) > + rl->elvpriv++; > + } This isn't enough. Now the allocated requests would have REQ_SORTED set before going into elevator. You probably want to filter out REQ_SORTED to elv_may_queue() too. Also, it would be great if you update the comment on top of get_request() to explain what @rw_flags does. Thank you. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html