linux-kernel - Re: Fixup direct bi

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Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2016 13:55:36 -0600
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Shaun Tancheff <shaun@...cheff.com>
Cc:	linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	Chris Mason <clm@...com>, Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
	David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>,
	Mike Christie <mchristi@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Fixup direct bi_rw modifiers

On 08/01/2016 09:17 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 08/01/2016 05:47 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 04:45:48PM -0500, Shaun Tancheff wrote:
>>> bi_rw should be using bio_set_op_attrs to set bi_rw.
>>
>> Looks fine,
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
>
> Added, thanks Shaun.
>
>> Jens,
>>
>> what do you think about renaming bi_rw?  There aren't too many users
>> left, and any old code that would keep using it is alsmost guranteed
>> to be broken, so sending a post-rc1 patch to rename it might make
>> everyone else life easier.  Especially as it's also grossly misnamed
>> now.
>
> I was planning on doing that, after -rc1. Much better to get build
> breakage, than potentially much worse breakage.

Set of three patches, where the target one is an actual bug fix...
Temporary branch, I'll rebase it once -rc1 is out, if more
changes/fixups need to be made in the next week until that happens.

http://git.kernel.dk/cgit/linux-block/log/?h=for-4.8/bi_rwf

-- 
Jens Axboe