blk_attempt_plug_merge (9) Linux Manual Page

blk_attempt_plug_merge – try to merge with current‘s plugged list

Synopsis

bool blk_attempt_plug_merge(struct request_queue * q, struct bio * bio, unsigned int * request_count, struct request ** same_queue_rq);

Arguments

q

request_queue new bio is being queued at

bio

new bio being queued

request_count

out parameter for number of traversed plugged requests

same_queue_rq

pointer to struct request that gets filled in when another request associated with q is found on the plug list (optional, may be NULL)

Description

Determine whether bio being queued on q can be merged with a request on current‘s plugged list. Returns true if merge was successful, otherwise false.

Plugging coalesces IOs from the same issuer for the same purpose without going through q->queue_lock. As such it’s more of an issuing mechanism than scheduling, and the request, while may have elvpriv data, is not added on the elevator at this point. In addition, we don’t have reliable access to the elevator outside queue lock. Only check basic merging parameters without querying the elevator.

Caller must ensure !blk_queue_nomerges(q) beforehand.

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