Re: [PATCH 1/3] md: improve variable names in md_flush_request()

[Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>]

Dear Pankaj,


Thank you for the cleanups.

Am 11.11.20 um 06:16 schrieb Pankaj Gupta:
> From: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@cloud.ionos.com>
> 
>   This patch improves readability by using better variable names
>   in flush request coalescing logic.

Please do not indent the commit message.

> Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@cloud.ionos.com>
> ---
>   drivers/md/md.c | 8 ++++----
>   drivers/md/md.h | 6 +++---
>   2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
> index 98bac4f304ae..167c80f98533 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/md.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/md.c
> @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ static void md_submit_flush_data(struct work_struct *ws)
>   	 * could wait for this and below md_handle_request could wait for those
>   	 * bios because of suspend check
>   	 */
> -	mddev->last_flush = mddev->start_flush;
> +	mddev->prev_flush_start = mddev->start_flush;
>   	mddev->flush_bio = NULL;
>   	wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
>   
> @@ -660,13 +660,13 @@ static void md_submit_flush_data(struct work_struct *ws)
>    */
>   bool md_flush_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
>   {
> -	ktime_t start = ktime_get_boottime();
> +	ktime_t req_start = ktime_get_boottime();
>   	spin_lock_irq(&mddev->lock);
>   	wait_event_lock_irq(mddev->sb_wait,
>   			    !mddev->flush_bio ||
> -			    ktime_after(mddev->last_flush, start),
> +			    ktime_after(mddev->prev_flush_start, req_start),
>   			    mddev->lock);
> -	if (!ktime_after(mddev->last_flush, start)) {
> +	if (!ktime_after(mddev->prev_flush_start, req_start)) {
>   		WARN_ON(mddev->flush_bio);
>   		mddev->flush_bio = bio;
>   		bio = NULL;
> diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
> index ccfb69868c2e..2292c847f9dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/md.h
> +++ b/drivers/md/md.h
> @@ -495,9 +495,9 @@ struct mddev {
>   	 */
>   	struct bio *flush_bio;
>   	atomic_t flush_pending;
> -	ktime_t start_flush, last_flush; /* last_flush is when the last completed
> -					  * flush was started.
> -					  */
> +	ktime_t start_flush, prev_flush_start; /* prev_flush_start is when the previous completed
> +						* flush was started.
> +						*/

With the new variable name, the comment could even be removed. ;-)

>   	struct work_struct flush_work;
>   	struct work_struct event_work;	/* used by dm to report failure event */
>   	mempool_t *serial_info_pool;

Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>


Kind regards,

Paul