From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263881AbTEFRxH (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 13:53:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263901AbTEFRxH (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 13:53:07 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:58069 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263881AbTEFRxG (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 13:53:06 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 20:05:27 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] bio walking for 2.5.68-bk6 Message-ID: <20030506180527.GI905@suse.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Apr 26 2003, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > Hi, > > I have updated and reworked bio traversal patch. > > Main idea is now reversed - instead of introducing rq->hard_bio as > pointer for bio to be completed and using rq->bio as pointer for bio > to be submitted, rq->cbio is introduced for submissions and rq->bio > is used for completions. > > This minimizes changes to block layer and assures that all existing > block users are not affected by this patch. This looks good, I like this concept a whole lot better. > Please check it and forward to Linus, or tell what changes you > need to find this code acceptable. Will do, I've merged it into bk current right now. I'll submit after a bit of testing. -- Jens Axboe