Btrfs: document rules about bio async submit

[linux.git] / fs / btrfs / inode.c

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index c8a3e84d7114faea4529542f757cd56856b86e3f..f259d89804b25c59b54fd5c6dd58df867b29896a 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1951,7 +1951,21 @@ static blk_status_t __btrfs_submit_bio_done(void *private_data, struct bio *bio,
 
 /*
  * extent_io.c submission hook. This does the right thing for csum calculation
- * on write, or reading the csums from the tree before a read
+ * on write, or reading the csums from the tree before a read.
+ *
+ * Rules about async/sync submit,
+ * a) read:                            sync submit
+ *
+ * b) write without checksum:          sync submit
+ *
+ * c) write with checksum:
+ *    c-1) if bio is issued by fsync:  sync submit
+ *         (sync_writers != 0)
+ *
+ *    c-2) if root is reloc root:      sync submit
+ *         (only in case of buffered IO)
+ *
+ *    c-3) otherwise:                  async submit
  */
 static blk_status_t btrfs_submit_bio_hook(void *private_data, struct bio *bio,
                                 int mirror_num, unsigned long bio_flags,
@@ -8456,6 +8470,7 @@ __btrfs_submit_dio_bio(struct bio *bio, struct inode *inode, u64 file_offset,
        bool write = bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_WRITE;
        blk_status_t ret;
 
+       /* Check btrfs_submit_bio_hook() for rules about async submit. */
        if (async_submit)
                async_submit = !atomic_read(&BTRFS_I(inode)->sync_writers);