linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] block: remove end_{queued|dequeued}

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Date:	Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:19:27 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, oakad@...oo.com, adrian@...en.demon.co.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	j-nomura@...jp.nec.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] block: remove end_{queued|dequeued}_request()

On Wed, Oct 01 2008, Kiyoshi Ueda wrote:
> Hi Jens,
> 
> This patch-set removes end_queued_request() and end_dequeued_request(),
> which became identical by the blk_end_request patch-set:
>     http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119741306502719&w=2
> 
> They just calls __blk_end_request() actually, so users of them are
> converted to call __blk_end_request() directly.
> There should be no functional change.
> 
> This patch-set was created on top of the commit below of for-2.6.28.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> commit e857b07acc3f1352224f380fcbf26ef985116cc8
> Author: Sven Schuetz <sven@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date:   Fri Sep 26 10:58:02 2008 +0200
> 
>     include blktrace_api.h in headers_install
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> end_request() could be also removed, but it has been used by
> many old drivers and auditing all such codes will take a time.
> So this patch-set doesn't remove end_request().
> 
> Please review and apply.

Looks good, applied to the mix! Thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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