block: add request submission interface
authorKiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:45:38 +0000 (10:45 -0400)
committerJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Thu, 9 Oct 2008 06:56:18 +0000 (08:56 +0200)
This patch adds blk_insert_cloned_request(), a generic request
submission interface for request stacking drivers.
Request-based dm will use it to submit their clones to underlying
devices.

blk_rq_check_limits() is also added because it is possible that
the lower queue has stronger limitations than the upper queue
if multiple drivers are stacking at request-level.
Not only for blk_insert_cloned_request()'s internal use, the function
will be used by request-based dm when the queue limitation is
modified (e.g. by replacing dm's table).

Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>

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