linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 06/10] block: remove blk_init

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Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:54:41 +0200
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/10] block: remove blk_init_flush() and its pair

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:49:00PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> Simpler to merge, but more difficult to split. It is for easier review,
> since patch 5 is a bit big and each patch still does one thing.

I defintively find the current version hard to review - it moves
code around a few times before it setlles, so it requires a lot of
memory or applying patches one after another to a tree.  And while
this might be useful in some cases this is one where merging the
patches doesn't seem to have much of a downside.  We'd still move
various fields into a structure, and add helpers to init it, just
with a tiny bit more changes on the initialization side.

That being said if you really prefer the split that's fine with me,
but it doesn't really seem helpful.
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