[RFC/PATCH 3/4] block: Add API for URGENT request handling

2013-07-11 Thread Tanya Brokhman
This patch add support in block & elevator layers for handling urgent requests. The decision if a request is urgent or not is taken by the scheduler. Request is marked as urgent in cmd_flags (by the scheduler) with a new flag - REQ_URGENT. Urgent request notification is passed to the underlying

[RFC/PATCH 3/4] block: Add API for URGENT request handling

2013-07-11 Thread Tanya Brokhman
This patch add support in block elevator layers for handling urgent requests. The decision if a request is urgent or not is taken by the scheduler. Request is marked as urgent in cmd_flags (by the scheduler) with a new flag - REQ_URGENT. Urgent request notification is passed to the underlying