block: add a non-queueable flush flag
flush request isn't queueable in some drives. Add a flag to let driver
notify block layer about this. We can optimize flush performance with the
knowledge.
Stable: 2.6.39 only
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 1fa7692..cd3c428 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -790,6 +790,12 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_flush);
+void blk_queue_flush_queueable(struct request_queue *q, bool queueable)
+{
+ q->flush_not_queueable = !queueable;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_flush_queueable);
+
static int __init blk_settings_init(void)
{
blk_max_low_pfn = max_low_pfn - 1;