linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9] remove q->prepare_flush

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Date:	Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:03:12 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
CC:	hch@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] remove q->prepare_flush_fn hook

On 2010-07-05 10:01, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:55:36 +0200
> Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> wrote:
> 
>> On 2010-07-03 10:45, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
>>> This removes q->prepare_flush_fn. Except for ide and scsi, all the
>>> users just mark flush requests. They can use REQ_FLUSH flag
>>> instead.
>>>
>>> SCSI and ide can use q->prep_rq_fn to build flush requests.
>>>
>>> This can be applied to the block's for-2.6.36.
>>
>> Thanks, applied.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> looks like you applied the patches in a wrong order (breaks bisect).
> 
> At least, the first two patches need to be applied in order before the
> rest:
> 
> [PATCH 1/9] block: introduce REQ_FLUSH flag
> [PATCH 2/9] block: permit PREFLUSH and POSTFLUSH without prepare_flush_fn

Funky, my patch script must have shuffled them, that was definitely
not on purpose. Guess I'll have to rebase to fix that up...


-- 
Jens Axboe

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