linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] block: export __make

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Date:	Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:38:26 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bharrosh@...asas.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] block: export __make_request

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 02:26:52PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > What happens to the existing blk_make_request?
> 
> I ended up naming __make_request() blk_queue_bio() instead.

I really hate naming things different from the method they are
implementing.  I've tried to figure out what the point of the
old blk_make_request is - why would we not go through
generic_make_request for this?

Boaz, any idea?
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