Ping :) On 1/30/19 11:11 PM, Marcos Paulo de Souza wrote: > The Notes section of the comment was removed, because now > blk_release_queue can only be executed from blk_cleanup_queue (being > called when the q->kobj reaches zero), and also blk_init_queue was removed > in a1ce35fa4985. > > Signed-off-by: Marcos Paulo de Souza > --- > This is basically a v2 of https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/1/14/1098 > > But, I tried to describe when this function is called, removing redundancies. > Maybe it would be better placed in blk-core.c, where the q->kobj is initialized > with blk_queue_ktype (which .release pointer points to blk_release_queue)? > > block/blk-sysfs.c | 19 +++++++------------ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c > index 590d1ef2f961..d4dea9179fa6 100644 > --- a/block/blk-sysfs.c > +++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c > @@ -817,21 +817,16 @@ static void blk_free_queue_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head) > } > > /** > - * __blk_release_queue - release a request queue when it is no longer needed > + * __blk_release_queue - release a request queue > * @work: pointer to the release_work member of the request queue to be released > * > * Description: > - * blk_release_queue is the counterpart of blk_init_queue(). It should be > - * called when a request queue is being released; typically when a block > - * device is being de-registered. Its primary task it to free the queue > - * itself. > - * > - * Notes: > - * The low level driver must have finished any outstanding requests first > - * via blk_cleanup_queue(). > - * > - * Although blk_release_queue() may be called with preemption disabled, > - * __blk_release_queue() may sleep. > + * This function is called when a block device is being de-registered. The > + * process of releasing a request queue starts with blk_cleanup_queue, which > + * set the appropriate flags and the calls blk_put_queue, that decrements > + * the reference counter of the request queue. Once the reference counter > + * of the request queue reaches zero, blk_release_queue is called to release > + * all allocated resources of the request queue. > */ > static void __blk_release_queue(struct work_struct *work) > { >