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authorNikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>2008-11-24 04:46:29 -0500
committerJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>2008-12-29 02:28:43 -0500
commit42364690992e592c05f85c76fda4055820b48c1b (patch)
tree2a5f0c62c4cd096bcab2057077ec870e04872113
parentc6a06f707cc29ea3a47588e4d2cd0bdcfa311a7d (diff)
Documentation: remove reference to ll_rw_blk.c and moved drivers/block/elevator.c
The drivers/block/ll_rw_block.c has been split and organized in the block/ directory, and also drivers/block/elevator.c has been moved to the block/ directory. Update Documentation/block/biodoc.txt accordingly Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/biodoc.txt6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
index 4dbb8be1c991..3c5434c83daf 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ I/O scheduler, a.k.a. elevator, is implemented in two layers. Generic dispatch
914queue and specific I/O schedulers. Unless stated otherwise, elevator is used 914queue and specific I/O schedulers. Unless stated otherwise, elevator is used
915to refer to both parts and I/O scheduler to specific I/O schedulers. 915to refer to both parts and I/O scheduler to specific I/O schedulers.
916 916
917Block layer implements generic dispatch queue in ll_rw_blk.c and elevator.c. 917Block layer implements generic dispatch queue in block/*.c.
918The generic dispatch queue is responsible for properly ordering barrier 918The generic dispatch queue is responsible for properly ordering barrier
919requests, requeueing, handling non-fs requests and all other subtleties. 919requests, requeueing, handling non-fs requests and all other subtleties.
920 920
@@ -926,8 +926,8 @@ be built inside the kernel. Each queue can choose different one and can also
926change to another one dynamically. 926change to another one dynamically.
927 927
928A block layer call to the i/o scheduler follows the convention elv_xxx(). This 928A block layer call to the i/o scheduler follows the convention elv_xxx(). This
929calls elevator_xxx_fn in the elevator switch (drivers/block/elevator.c). Oh, 929calls elevator_xxx_fn in the elevator switch (block/elevator.c). Oh, xxx
930xxx and xxx might not match exactly, but use your imagination. If an elevator 930and xxx might not match exactly, but use your imagination. If an elevator
931doesn't implement a function, the switch does nothing or some minimal house 931doesn't implement a function, the switch does nothing or some minimal house
932keeping work. 932keeping work.
933 933