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authorJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>2007-09-27 15:01:25 +0400
committerJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>2007-10-16 13:03:56 +0400
commitbf2de6f5a4faf0197268f18d08969b003b87b6e8 (patch)
tree16830a15a7effea352445a7aba5dbb433314d3eb /include/linux/blkdev.h
parentc07e2b41291853b19fff11ceee3657df252a4e42 (diff)
downloadlinux-bf2de6f5a4faf0197268f18d08969b003b87b6e8.tar.xz
block: Initial support for data-less (or empty) barrier support
This implements functionality to pass down or insert a barrier in a queue, without having data attached to it. The ->prepare_flush_fn() infrastructure from data barriers are reused to provide this functionality. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 610967992ddb..fb2ff749dc1f 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ enum {
#define blk_barrier_rq(rq) ((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
#define blk_fua_rq(rq) ((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA)
#define blk_bidi_rq(rq) ((rq)->next_rq != NULL)
+#define blk_empty_barrier(rq) (blk_barrier_rq(rq) && blk_fs_request(rq) && !(rq)->hard_nr_sectors)
#define list_entry_rq(ptr) list_entry((ptr), struct request, queuelist)