| Date | Tue, 23 Dec 2014 02:51:28 -0800 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 16/17] fs: convert buffer head etc. to use immutable biovecs API. |
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:48:43PM +0100, Dongsu Park wrote: > From: Kent Overstreet <kmo@daterainc.com> > > Increase bio->bi_remaining instead of calling bio_get(), > and call bio_end() instead of bio_put() upon buffer_head submission.
Nees an explanation on why this is done.
> Also make bio submission in kernel/power/block_io.c to properly submit > bios by checking whether bio_chain is available or not.
Should be a separate patch.
And of course both should go into the preparation series of cleanups.
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