Re: [PATCH scsi-misc-2.6 01/13] scsi: don't use blk_insert_request() for requeueing

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 11:12:11AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 06:07:55PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > 01_scsi_no_REQ_SPECIAL_on_requeue.patch
> > 
> > 	blk_insert_request() has 'reinsert' argument, which, when set,
> > 	turns on REQ_SPECIAL and REQ_SOFTBARRIER and requeues the
> > 	request.  SCSI midlayer was the only user of this feature and
> > 	all requeued requests become special requests defeating
> > 	quiesce state.  This patch makes scsi midlayer use
> > 	blk_requeue_request() for requeueing and removes 'reinsert'
> > 	feature from blk_insert_request().
> > 
> > 	Note: In drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c, scsi_single_lun_run() and
> > 	scsi_run_queue() are moved upward unchanged.
> 
> That lest part doesn't belong into this patch at all.

 Actually, it is, as scsi_queue_insert() is changed to call
scsi_run_queue() explicitly.  However, scsi_queue_insert() is removed
later, so the change is pretty dumb.  Maybe I'll add prototype and
remove it together later, or reorder patches.

 Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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