@@ -356,7 +356,13 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
dio->multi_bio = false;
dio->should_dirty = is_read && iter_is_iovec(iter);
- blk_start_plug(&plug);
+ /*
+ * Don't plug for HIPRI/polled IO, as those should go straight
+ * to issue
+ */
+ if (!(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_HIPRI))
+ blk_start_plug(&plug);
+
for (;;) {
bio_set_dev(bio, bdev);
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> 9;
@@ -403,7 +409,9 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
submit_bio(bio);
bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_pages);
}
- blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+
+ if (!(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_HIPRI))
+ blk_finish_plug(&plug);
if (!is_sync)
return -EIOCBQUEUED;
Those will go straight to issue inside blk-mq, so don't bother setting up a block plug for them. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> --- fs/block_dev.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)