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For the synchronous I/O path case (read(), write() etc system calls), a BIO I/O priority is not initialized until the execution of blk_init_request_from_bio() when the BIO is submitted and a request initialized for the BIO execution. This is due to the ki_ioprio field of the struct kiocb defined on stack being always initialized to IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE, regardless of the calling process I/O context ioprio value set with ioprio_set(). This late initialization can result in the BIO being merged to pending requests even when the I/O priorities differ. Fix this by initializing the ki_iopriority field of on stack struct kiocb using the get_current_ioprio() helper, ensuring that all BIOs allocated and submitted for the system call execution see the correct intended I/O priority early. With this, since a BIO I/O priority is always set to the intended effective value for both the sync and async path, blk_init_request_from_bio() can be simplified. Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Adam Manzanares <adam.manzanares@wdc.com> Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.