block: document blk_plug list access
I'm often confused why not disable preempt when changing blk_plug list. It would be better to add comments here in case others have the similar concerns. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
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@ -857,6 +857,12 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(gfp_t);
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struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t, int);
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extern void blk_put_queue(struct request_queue *);
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/*
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* Note: Code in between changing the blk_plug list/cb_list or element of such
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* lists is preemptable, but such code can't do sleep (or be very careful),
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* otherwise data is corrupted. For details, please check schedule() where
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* blk_schedule_flush_plug() is called.
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*/
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struct blk_plug {
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unsigned long magic;
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struct list_head list;
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