Commit 2e2f0199 authored by Barry Song's avatar Barry Song Committed by Jens Axboe

docs: block: biodoc.rst: Drop the obsolete and incorrect content

Since commit 7eaceacc ("block: remove per-queue plugging"), kernel
has removed blk_run_address_space(), blk_unplug() and sync_buffer(),
and moved to on-stack plugging. The document has been obsolete for
years.
Given that there is no obvious counterparts in the new mechinism to
replace old APIs, this patch drops the content directly.
Signed-off-by: default avatarBarry Song <song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220207074931.20067-1-song.bao.hua@hisilicon.comSigned-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
parent 672fdcf0
...@@ -965,11 +965,7 @@ till it fills up with a few more requests, before starting to service ...@@ -965,11 +965,7 @@ till it fills up with a few more requests, before starting to service
the requests. This provides an opportunity to merge/sort the requests before the requests. This provides an opportunity to merge/sort the requests before
passing them down to the device. There are various conditions when the queue is passing them down to the device. There are various conditions when the queue is
unplugged (to open up the flow again), either through a scheduled task or unplugged (to open up the flow again), either through a scheduled task or
could be on demand. For example wait_on_buffer sets the unplugging going could be on demand.
through sync_buffer() running blk_run_address_space(mapping). Or the caller
can do it explicity through blk_unplug(bdev). So in the read case,
the queue gets explicitly unplugged as part of waiting for completion on that
buffer.
Aside: Aside:
This is kind of controversial territory, as it's not clear if plugging is This is kind of controversial territory, as it's not clear if plugging is
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