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block: allow initialization of previously allocated request_queue

blk_init_queue() allocates the request_queue structure and then initializes it as needed (request_fn, elevator, etc). Split initialization out to blk_init_allocated_queue_node. Introduce blk_init_allocated_queue wrapper function to model existing blk_init_queue and blk_init_queue_node interfaces. Export elv_register_queue to allow a newly added elevator to be registered with sysfs. Export elv_unregister_queue for symmetry. These changes allow DM to initialize a device's request_queue with more precision. In particular, DM no longer unconditionally initializes a full request_queue (elevator et al). It only does so for a request-based DM device.

Mike Snitzer committed 16 years ago

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@@ -921,7 +921,12 @@ extern void blk_abort_queue(struct request_queue *); · 920 unmodified lines
921 */921 */
922extern struct request_queue *blk_init_queue_node(request_fn_proc *rfn,922extern struct request_queue *blk_init_queue_node(request_fn_proc *rfn,
923 spinlock_t *lock, int node_id);923 spinlock_t *lock, int node_id);
924extern struct request_queue *blk_init_allocated_queue_node(struct request_queue *,
925 request_fn_proc *,
926 spinlock_t *, int node_id);
924extern struct request_queue *blk_init_queue(request_fn_proc *, spinlock_t *);927extern struct request_queue *blk_init_queue(request_fn_proc *, spinlock_t *);
928extern struct request_queue *blk_init_allocated_queue(struct request_queue *,
929 request_fn_proc *, spinlock_t *);
925extern void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *);930extern void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *);
926extern void blk_queue_make_request(struct request_queue *, make_request_fn *);931extern void blk_queue_make_request(struct request_queue *, make_request_fn *);
927extern void blk_queue_bounce_limit(struct request_queue *, u64);932extern void blk_queue_bounce_limit(struct request_queue *, u64);