linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/6] ext4: Use our own write_cache

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Date:	Wed, 26 May 2010 08:42:59 +1000
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	tytso@....edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] ext4: Use our own write_cache_pages()

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 09:06:26AM -0400, tytso@....edu wrote:
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 08:54:09PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
> > 
> > Make a copy of write_cache_pages() for the benefit of
> > ext4_da_writepages().  This allows us to simplify the code some, and
> > will allow us to further customize the code in future patches.
> 
> I'm going to be pushing this to Linus shortly, so it's likely you'll
> be able to drop this from your patch series.

Great!

> I just wanted to give
> you a heads up about what I was planning on doing, which hopefully
> simplified your life a little.

And that's appreciated. I included it to make sure everyone could
see how this all fitted together and others could test it if they so
desired. i.e. make sure I wasn't breaking ext4 by reverting the
changes to write_cache_pages. I'll leave it in the series until the
ext4 change is upstream, then I'll drop it.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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