Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Feb 2006 09:20:13 +0200 (EET) | From | Pekka J Enberg <> | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH] block: undeprecate ll_rw_block() |
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On Mon, Feb 06 2006, Pekka Enberg wrote: > > This patch removes the DEPRECATED comment from ll_rw_block(). The function > > is still in active use and there isn't any real replacement for it.
On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Jens Axboe wrote: > It is still deprecated, so I think the comment should stay. There are > plenty ways to accomplish what ll_rw_block does (and more efficiently, > array of bh's is not very nice to say the least) and the buffer_head > isn't even an io unit anymore.
To clarify, what ways are there? When we need to access the data, use submit_bh() and when we just want the I/O to be done, generic_make_request()?
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