| Date | Thu, 7 Jan 2016 14:13:41 +1100 | From | Dave Chinner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/35 v2] separate operations from flags in the bio/request structs |
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On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 08:40:09PM -0500, Martin K. Petersen wrote: > >>>>> "Mike" == mchristi <mchristi@redhat.com> writes: > > Mike> The following patches begin to cleanup the request->cmd_flags and > bio-> bi_rw mess. We currently use cmd_flags to specify the operation, > Mike> attributes and state of the request. For bi_rw we use it for > Mike> similar info and also the priority but then also have another > Mike> bi_flags field for state. At some point, we abused them so much we > Mike> just made cmd_flags 64 bits, so we could add more. > > Mike> The following patches seperate the operation (read, write discard, > Mike> flush, etc) from cmd_flags/bi_rw. > > Mike> This patchset was made against linux-next from today Jan 5 2016. > Mike> (git tag next-20160105). > > Very nice work. Thanks for doing this! > > I think it's a much needed cleanup. I focused mainly on the core block, > discard, write same and sd.c pieces and everything looks sensible to me. > > I wonder what the best approach is to move a patch set with this many > stakeholders forward? Set a "speak now or forever hold your peace" > review deadline?
I say just ask Linus to pull it immediately after the next merge window closes....
Cheers,
Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com
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