---

yaml
---
r: 251245
b: refs/heads/master
c: a19be5f
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  251243: e663e88
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 013c3ca184851078b9c04744efd4d47e52c6ecf8
+refs/heads/master: a19be5f0f073525306f6a4b000d90dc84065ed93

trunk/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c

@@ -276,8 +276,6 @@ int xen_blkif_schedule(void *arg)
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: started\n", current->comm);
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-		struct blk_plug plug;
-
 		if (try_to_freeze())
 			continue;
 		if (unlikely(vbd->size != vbd_sz(vbd)))
@@ -294,13 +292,9 @@ int xen_blkif_schedule(void *arg)
 		blkif->waiting_reqs = 0;
 		smp_mb(); /* clear flag *before* checking for work */
 
-		blk_start_plug(&plug);
-
 		if (do_block_io_op(blkif))
 			blkif->waiting_reqs = 1;
 
-		blk_finish_plug(&plug);
-
 		if (log_stats && time_after(jiffies, blkif->st_print))
 			print_stats(blkif);
 	}
@@ -553,6 +547,7 @@ static void dispatch_rw_block_io(struct blkif_st *blkif,
 	struct bio *biolist[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
 	int i, nbio = 0;
 	int operation;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	switch (req->operation) {
 	case BLKIF_OP_READ:
@@ -665,9 +660,15 @@ static void dispatch_rw_block_io(struct blkif_st *blkif,
 	 */
 	atomic_set(&pending_req->pendcnt, nbio);
 
+	/* Get a reference count for the disk queue and start sending I/O */
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < nbio; i++)
 		submit_bio(operation, biolist[i]);
 
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+	/* Let the I/Os go.. */
+
 	if (operation == READ)
 		blkif->st_rd_sect += preq.nr_sects;
 	else if (operation == WRITE || operation == WRITE_BARRIER)