Add proper blk_start_plug/blk_finish_plug pairs for the two places where we issue buffer I/O, and remove the blk_flush_plug in xfs_buf_lock and xfs_buf_iowait, given that context switches already flush the per-process plugging lists. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Index: xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c =================================================================== --- xfs.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c 2011-03-29 21:55:12.863724557 +0200 +++ xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c 2011-03-29 21:58:39.028224204 +0200 @@ -919,8 +919,6 @@ xfs_buf_lock( if (atomic_read(&bp->b_pin_count) && (bp->b_flags & XBF_STALE)) xfs_log_force(bp->b_target->bt_mount, 0); - if (atomic_read(&bp->b_io_remaining)) - blk_flush_plug(current); down(&bp->b_sema); XB_SET_OWNER(bp); @@ -1309,8 +1307,6 @@ xfs_buf_iowait( { trace_xfs_buf_iowait(bp, _RET_IP_); - if (atomic_read(&bp->b_io_remaining)) - blk_flush_plug(current); wait_for_completion(&bp->b_iowait); trace_xfs_buf_iowait_done(bp, _RET_IP_); @@ -1747,8 +1743,8 @@ xfsbufd( do { long age = xfs_buf_age_centisecs * msecs_to_jiffies(10); long tout = xfs_buf_timer_centisecs * msecs_to_jiffies(10); - int count = 0; struct list_head tmp; + struct blk_plug plug; if (unlikely(freezing(current))) { set_bit(XBT_FORCE_SLEEP, &target->bt_flags); @@ -1764,16 +1760,15 @@ xfsbufd( xfs_buf_delwri_split(target, &tmp, age); list_sort(NULL, &tmp, xfs_buf_cmp); + + blk_start_plug(&plug); while (!list_empty(&tmp)) { struct xfs_buf *bp; bp = list_first_entry(&tmp, struct xfs_buf, b_list); list_del_init(&bp->b_list); xfs_bdstrat_cb(bp); - count++; } - if (count) - blk_flush_plug(current); - + blk_finish_plug(&plug); } while (!kthread_should_stop()); return 0; @@ -1793,6 +1788,7 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg( int pincount = 0; LIST_HEAD(tmp_list); LIST_HEAD(wait_list); + struct blk_plug plug; xfs_buf_runall_queues(xfsconvertd_workqueue); xfs_buf_runall_queues(xfsdatad_workqueue); @@ -1807,6 +1803,8 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg( * we do that after issuing all the IO. */ list_sort(NULL, &tmp_list, xfs_buf_cmp); + + blk_start_plug(&plug); while (!list_empty(&tmp_list)) { bp = list_first_entry(&tmp_list, struct xfs_buf, b_list); ASSERT(target == bp->b_target); @@ -1817,10 +1815,10 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg( } xfs_bdstrat_cb(bp); } + blk_finish_plug(&plug); if (wait) { - /* Expedite and wait for IO to complete. */ - blk_flush_plug(current); + /* Wait for IO to complete. */ while (!list_empty(&wait_list)) { bp = list_first_entry(&wait_list, struct xfs_buf, b_list); _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs