[PATCH/RESEND,v8,2/4] block: Extend cmd_flags in struct request

Commit Message

tlinder June 9, 2013, 10:38 a.m. UTC

At the moment no new request flags can be added to enum rq_flag_bits
due to cmd_flags field size limitation. This commit adds a new filed to be used as
an extensions to cmd_flags.

Signed-off-by: Tanya Brokhman <[e-mail]>

Patch

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index fe3683c..3a14987 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -3226,6 +3226,8 @@  int __init blk_dev_init(void)
 {
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(__REQ_NR_BITS > 8 *
 			sizeof(((struct request *)0)->cmd_flags));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(__REQ_EXT_NR_BITS > 8 *
+			sizeof(((struct request *)0)->cmd_flags_ext));
 
 	/* used for unplugging and affects IO latency/throughput - HIGHPRI */
 	kblockd_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("kblockd",
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index fa1abeb..40a921f 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@  enum rq_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
 };
 
+/* Request flags. For use in the cmd_flags_ext field of struct request */
+enum ext_rq_flag_bits {
+	__REQ_EXT_NR_BITS,	/* stops here */
+};
+
 #define REQ_WRITE		(1 << __REQ_WRITE)
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_DEV	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_DEV)
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT)
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 968720f..aa36278 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@  struct request {
 	struct request_queue *q;
 
 	unsigned int cmd_flags;
+	unsigned int cmd_flags_ext;
 	enum rq_cmd_type_bits cmd_type;
 	unsigned long atomic_flags;