The meaning of new_batch in Linux AS I/O scheduler

[谢纲 <xiegang112@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I'm little confused about the semantic of new_batch in Linux AS I/O scheduler.
As the comments mentioned, if it's 1, then it stands for that AS will
wait for the first read to complete. There is comments in defination:
/* 1: waiting on first read complete */

But there is another comments in as_completed_request:
/*
        * Start counting the batch from when a request of that direction is
        * actually serviced. This should help devices with big TCQ windows
        * and writeback caches
        */
       if (ad->new_batch && ad->batch_data_dir == rq_is_sync(rq)) {
               update_write_batch(ad);
               ad->current_batch_expires = jiffies +
                               ad->batch_expire[REQ_SYNC];
               ad->new_batch = 0;
       }

>From this comments and code, it seems that, new_batch does not only
work for read batch but also work for write batch, which conflicts
with the comments in defination. If it's only used when read batching,
why do we need to check the batch dir: ad->batch_data_dir ==
rq_is_sync(rq) (now, we are definitely in read batching ).

Thanks



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Xie Gang