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blk_mq_make_request currently needs to grab an q_usage_counter reference when allocating a request. This is because the block layer grabs one before calling blk_mq_make_request, but also releases it as soon as blk_mq_make_request returns. Remove the blk_queue_exit call after blk_mq_make_request returns, and instead let it consume the reference. This works perfectly fine for the block layer caller, just device mapper needs an extra reference as the old problem still persists there. Open code blk_queue_enter_live in device mapper, as there should be no other callers and this allows better documenting why we do a non-try get. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.