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author | Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> | 2006-12-20 10:06:15 (GMT) |
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committer | Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> | 2006-12-20 10:06:15 (GMT) |
commit | 126ec9a676f601818dc3a85af0552b146410d888 (patch) | |
tree | 5cf2bae7274acf4037159b55930fd91a78967b09 | |
parent | da775265021b61d5eb81df155e36cb0810f6df53 (diff) | |
download | linux-126ec9a676f601818dc3a85af0552b146410d888.tar.xz |
[PATCH] block: document io scheduler allow_merge_fn hook
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/biodoc.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt index c6c9a9c..3adaace 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt @@ -946,6 +946,13 @@ elevator_merged_fn called when a request in the scheduler has been scheduler for example, to reposition the request if its sorting order has changed. +elevator_allow_merge_fn called whenever the block layer determines + that a bio can be merged into an existing + request safely. The io scheduler may still + want to stop a merge at this point if it + results in some sort of conflict internally, + this hook allows it to do that. + elevator_dispatch_fn fills the dispatch queue with ready requests. I/O schedulers are free to postpone requests by not filling the dispatch queue unless @force |