On Mon, 2017-11-20 at 16:33 -0500, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > Is there some specific scenario where you need to call > blk_schedule_flush_plug from rt_spin_lock_fastlock?
Excellent question. What's the difference between not getting IO started because you meet a mutex with an rt_mutex under the hood, and not getting IO started because you meet a spinlock with an rt_mutex under the hood? If just doing the mutex side puts this thing back to sleep, I'm happy. -Mike