linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V8 11/33] dio: Convert direct_IO to use iov

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Date:	Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:48:17 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@...cle.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Maxim V. Patlasov" <mpatlasov@...allels.com>,
	Zach Brown <zab@...bo.net>,
	driverdevel <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 11/33] dio: Convert direct_IO to use iov_iter

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@...cle.com> wrote:
> Change the direct_IO aop to take an iov_iter argument rather than an iovec.
> This will get passed down through most filesystems so that only the
> __blockdev_direct_IO helper need be aware of whether user or kernel memory
> is being passed to the function.

Lustre in -next also needs to be updated:

drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw26.c:549: warning:
initialization from incompatible pointer type

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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