block: kill queue_sync_plugs()
The original use for this dates back to when we had to track write
requests for serializing around barriers. That's not needed anymore,
so kill it.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 52e756c..c6eaa1f 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -198,19 +198,6 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_dump_rq_flags);
-/*
- * Make sure that plugs that were pending when this function was entered,
- * are now complete and requests pushed to the queue.
-*/
-static inline void queue_sync_plugs(struct request_queue *q)
-{
- /*
- * If the current process is plugged and has barriers submitted,
- * we will livelock if we don't unplug first.
- */
- blk_flush_plug(current);
-}
-
static void blk_delay_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct request_queue *q;
@@ -298,7 +285,6 @@
{
del_timer_sync(&q->timeout);
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->delay_work);
- queue_sync_plugs(q);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_sync_queue);