From 126ec9a676f601818dc3a85af0552b146410d888 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:06:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] block: document io scheduler allow_merge_fn hook Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- Documentation/block/biodoc.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.7.4