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block: kill blk_queue_flush() 

We don't have any drivers left using it, so kill it off. Update
documentation to use the newer blk_queue_write_cache().

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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Jens Axboe 2016-03-30 10:19:30 -06:00
parent f935a8ce0a
commit 2245f6de6c
3 changed files with 2 additions and 23 deletions
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Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.txt
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@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ requests that have a payload. For devices with volatile write caches the
driver needs to tell the block layer that it supports flushing caches by
doing:
blk_queue_flush(sdkp->disk->queue, REQ_FLUSH);
blk_queue_write_cache(sdkp->disk->queue, true, false);
and handle empty REQ_FLUSH requests in its prep_fn/request_fn. Note that
REQ_FLUSH requests with a payload are automatically turned into a sequence
@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ of an empty REQ_FLUSH request followed by the actual write by the block
layer. For devices that also support the FUA bit the block layer needs
to be told to pass through the REQ_FUA bit using:
blk_queue_flush(sdkp->disk->queue, REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
blk_queue_write_cache(sdkp->disk->queue, true, true);
and the driver must handle write requests that have the REQ_FUA bit set
in prep_fn/request_fn. If the FUA bit is not natively supported the block

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block/blk-settings.c
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@ -820,26 +820,6 @@ void blk_queue_update_dma_alignment(struct request_queue *q, int mask)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_update_dma_alignment);
/**
* blk_queue_flush - configure queue's cache flush capability
* @q: the request queue for the device
* @flush: 0, REQ_FLUSH or REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA
*
* Tell block layer cache flush capability of @q. If it supports
* flushing, REQ_FLUSH should be set. If it supports bypassing
* write cache for individual writes, REQ_FUA should be set.
*/
void blk_queue_flush(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int flush)
{
WARN_ON_ONCE(flush & ~(REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA));
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(flush & REQ_FLUSH) && (flush & REQ_FUA)))
flush &= ~REQ_FUA;
q->flush_flags = flush & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_flush);
void blk_queue_flush_queueable(struct request_queue *q, bool queueable)
{
q->flush_not_queueable = !queueable;

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include/linux/blkdev.h
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@ -1009,7 +1009,6 @@ extern void blk_queue_update_dma_alignment(struct request_queue *, int);
extern void blk_queue_softirq_done(struct request_queue *, softirq_done_fn *);
extern void blk_queue_rq_timed_out(struct request_queue *, rq_timed_out_fn *);
extern void blk_queue_rq_timeout(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
extern void blk_queue_flush(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int flush);
extern void blk_queue_flush_queueable(struct request_queue *q, bool queueable);
extern void blk_queue_write_cache(struct request_queue *q, bool enabled, bool fua);
extern struct backing_dev_info *blk_get_backing_dev_info(struct block_device *bdev);