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authorShaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>2011-11-16 09:21:50 +0100
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2011-11-16 09:21:50 +0100
commit3540d5e89b2ac268fcfc9b07a50a9ba4acc2e5e5 (patch)
tree10bb06165130e4ffe90bd990fbba497be8fb4e8a /block
parent0007a4c90a11a5371c8b3f80b220fa402a399189 (diff)
downloadlinux-3540d5e89b2ac268fcfc9b07a50a9ba4acc2e5e5.tar.gz
block: avoid unnecessary plug list flush
get_request_wait() could sleep and flush the plug list.  If the list is
already flushed, don't flush again.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'block')
-rw-r--r--block/blk-core.c16
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index f43c8a5840ae..6403c12f8aad 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1379,15 +1379,17 @@ get_rq:
 		 */
 		if (list_empty(&plug->list))
 			trace_block_plug(q);
-		else if (!plug->should_sort) {
-			struct request *__rq;
+		else {
+			if (!plug->should_sort) {
+				struct request *__rq;
 
-			__rq = list_entry_rq(plug->list.prev);
-			if (__rq->q != q)
-				plug->should_sort = 1;
+				__rq = list_entry_rq(plug->list.prev);
+				if (__rq->q != q)
+					plug->should_sort = 1;
+			}
+			if (request_count >= BLK_MAX_REQUEST_COUNT)
+				blk_flush_plug_list(plug, false);
 		}
-		if (request_count >= BLK_MAX_REQUEST_COUNT)
-			blk_flush_plug_list(plug, false);
 		list_add_tail(&req->queuelist, &plug->list);
 		drive_stat_acct(req, 1);
 	} else {