linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: remove unused __REQ_NR

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Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:42:27 +0200
From:	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>
To:	Nikanth K <nikanth@...il.com>
CC:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: remove unused __REQ_NR_BITS

Hi Nikanth,

Never mind, I missed your patch.

Jerome

Nikanth K wrote:
> Hi Jerome
> 
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com> wrote:
>> Removes __REQ_NR_BITS which is not used since its only user
>> (blk_dump_rq_flags()) stopped to use it.
>>
> 
> See http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/27/140
> 
> A user for it is added by a patch in linux-2.6-block#for-2.6.31
> see http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block.git;a=commit;h=9eb55b030c4b3227334ee4482402096cd1d1a6fe
> 
> Thanks
> Nikanth
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
>> index 2755d5c..a101821 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
>> @@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
>>        __REQ_INTEGRITY,        /* integrity metadata has been remapped */
>>        __REQ_NOIDLE,           /* Don't anticipate more IO after this one */
>>        __REQ_IO_STAT,          /* account I/O stat */
>> -       __REQ_NR_BITS,          /* stops here */
>>  };
>>
>>  #define REQ_RW         (1 << __REQ_RW)
>>
>>
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