linux-ext4 - Re: linux-2.6-block/for-next: Removal of BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER and BLKDEV_IFL

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Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:11:10 +0200
From:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...glemail.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: linux-2.6-block/for-next: Removal of BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER and BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT

Hi Jens,

thanks for the fast reply.
I had a quick view on my local GIT repository after pulling both GIT branches.

Does this attached (untested) patch fix the seen issues?

Thanks in advance.

Kind Regards,
- Sedat -

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> wrote:
> On 2010-10-18 02:11, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> today, I pulled linux-2.6-block/for-next GIT branch [1] on top of
>> Linus-tree (2.6.36-rc8-git3).
>>
>> Unfortunately, ext4/next GIT branch [2] is not "GIT-pull-able" on top
>> of this local GIT repository.
>> The cause for this is the removal of BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER and
>> BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT in linux-2.6-block/for-next.
>>
>> As there are few days left for 2.6.36-final, it would be great when
>> ext4/next could be prepared to work with linux-2.6-block/for-next.
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> The argument just has to be removed. linux-next has had a fixup
> patch for this for a long time.
>
> --
> Jens Axboe
>
>

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