blk: improve order of bio handling in generic_make_request()
To avoid recursion on the kernel stack when stacked block devices are in use, generic_make_request() will, when called recursively, queue new requests for later handling. They will be handled when the make_request_fn for the current bio completes. If any bios are submitted by a make_request_fn, these will ultimately be handled seqeuntially. If the handling of one of those generates further requests, they will be added to the end of the queue. This strict first-in-first-out behaviour can lead to deadlocks in various ways, normally because a request might need to wait for a previous request to the same device to complete. This can happen when they share a mempool, and can happen due to interdependencies particular to the device. Both md and dm have examples where this happens. These deadlocks can be erradicated by more selective ordering of bios. Specifically by handling them in depth-first order. That is: when the handling of one bio gene...
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