Actually what we want to get from blk_mq_quiesce_queue() isn't only to wait for completion of all ongooing .queue_rq(). In the typical context of canceling requests, we need to make sure that the following is done in the dispatch path before starting to cancel requests: - failed dispatched request is freeed - busy dispatched request is requeued, and the STARTED flag is cleared Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-mq.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index 864709453c90..e1fc9ab50c87 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ void blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(struct request_queue *q) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_unfreeze_queue); /** - * blk_mq_quiesce_queue() - wait until all ongoing queue_rq calls have finished + * blk_mq_quiesce_queue() - wait until all ongoing dispatching have finished * @q: request queue. * * Note: this function does not prevent that the struct request end_io() - * callback function is invoked. Additionally, it is not prevented that - * new queue_rq() calls occur unless the queue has been stopped first. + * callback function is invoked. Once this function is returned, we make + * sure no dispatching can happen. */ void blk_mq_quiesce_queue(struct request_queue *q) { -- 2.9.4