Skip elevator initialization for flush requests by passing priv=0 to blk_alloc_request() in get_request(). As such elv_set_request() is never called for flush requests. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-core.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) v5: introduces blk_rq_should_init_elevator() to abstract the elevator initialization decision to promote future reuse and clarity. Index: linux-2.6/block/blk-core.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/block/blk-core.c +++ linux-2.6/block/blk-core.c @@ -753,6 +753,25 @@ static void freed_request(struct request } /* + * Determine if elevator data should be initialized when allocating the + * request associated with @bio. + */ +static bool blk_rq_should_init_elevator(struct bio *bio) +{ + if (!bio) + return true; + + /* + * Flush requests do not use the elevator so skip initialization. + * This allows a request to share the flush and elevator data. + */ + if (bio->bi_rw & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)) + return false; + + return true; +} + +/* * Get a free request, queue_lock must be held. * Returns NULL on failure, with queue_lock held. * Returns !NULL on success, with queue_lock *not held*. @@ -764,7 +783,7 @@ static struct request *get_request(struc struct request_list *rl = &q->rq; struct io_context *ioc = NULL; const bool is_sync = rw_is_sync(rw_flags) != 0; - int may_queue, priv; + int may_queue, priv = 0; may_queue = elv_may_queue(q, rw_flags); if (may_queue == ELV_MQUEUE_NO) @@ -808,9 +827,11 @@ 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++; + if (blk_rq_should_init_elevator(bio)) { + priv = !test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_ELVSWITCH, &q->queue_flags); + if (priv) + rl->elvpriv++; + } if (blk_queue_io_stat(q)) rw_flags |= REQ_IO_STAT; -- 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