From 2e759cd4fa60c6df4cb117848274f444c2c0a12d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 02:04:21 -0500
Subject: [SCSI] make blk layer set REQ_SOFTBARRIER on defer and requeue

This is the reworked version of the patch.  It sets REQ_SOFTBARRIER
in two places - in elv_next_request() on BLKPREP_DEFER and in
blk_requeue_request().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>

diff --git a/drivers/block/elevator.c b/drivers/block/elevator.c
index 6b79b43..8c51d1c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/elevator.c
+++ b/drivers/block/elevator.c
@@ -291,6 +291,13 @@ void elv_requeue_request(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * the request is prepped and may have some resources allocated.
+	 * allowing unprepped requests to pass this one may cause resource
+	 * deadlock.  turn on softbarrier.
+	 */
+	rq->flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
+
+	/*
 	 * if iosched has an explicit requeue hook, then use that. otherwise
 	 * just put the request at the front of the queue
 	 */
@@ -386,6 +393,12 @@ struct request *elv_next_request(request_queue_t *q)
 		if (ret == BLKPREP_OK) {
 			break;
 		} else if (ret == BLKPREP_DEFER) {
+			/*
+			 * the request may have been (partially) prepped.
+			 * we need to keep this request in the front to
+			 * avoid resource deadlock.  turn on softbarrier.
+			 */
+			rq->flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 			rq = NULL;
 			break;
 		} else if (ret == BLKPREP_KILL) {
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