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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/blkdev.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/blkdev.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h index 3bee1b4858b6..dcf8fce15e23 100644 --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h @@ -561,12 +561,14 @@ struct request_queue { struct list_head flush_list; /* - * Protects against I/O scheduler switching, particularly when - * updating q->elevator. Since the elevator update code path may - * also modify q->nr_requests and wbt latency, this lock also - * protects the sysfs attributes nr_requests and wbt_lat_usec. - * To ensure proper locking order during an elevator update, first - * freeze the queue, then acquire ->elevator_lock. + * Protects against I/O scheduler switching, particularly when updating + * q->elevator. Since the elevator update code path may also modify q-> + * nr_requests and wbt latency, this lock also protects the sysfs attrs + * nr_requests and wbt_lat_usec. Additionally the nr_hw_queues update + * may modify hctx tags, reserved-tags and cpumask, so this lock also + * helps protect the hctx attrs. To ensure proper locking order during + * an elevator or nr_hw_queue update, first freeze the queue, then + * acquire ->elevator_lock. */ struct mutex elevator_lock; |