Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:33:28 +0100 | From | Dongsu Park <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 16/17] fs: convert buffer head etc. to use immutable biovecs API. |
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On 23.12.2014 02:51, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > 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.
Right.
> > 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.
Yep, agreed. I'll split it up and also move them to the prep series.
Thanks, Dongsu
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