linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] blk: improve order of bio handling in generic_make

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Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2017 21:40:24 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>, Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@...fitbricks.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>,
        Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
        Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
        linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        device-mapper development <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] blk: improve order of bio handling in
 generic_make_request()

On 03/09/2017 09:38 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 03/09/2017 09:32 PM, NeilBrown wrote:
>>
>> I started looking further at the improvements we can make once
>> generic_make_request is fixed, and realised that I had missed an
>> important detail in this patch.
>> Several places test current->bio_list, and two actually edit the list.
>> With this change, that cannot see the whole lists, so it could cause a
>> regression.
>>
>> So I've revised the patch to make sure that the entire list of queued
>> bios remains visible, and change the relevant code to look at both
>> the new list and the old list.
>>
>> Following that there are some patches which make the rescuer thread
>> optional, and then starts removing it from some easy-to-fix places.
> 
> Neil, note that the v2 patch is already in Linus tree as of earlier
> today. You need to rebase the series, and if we need fixups on
> top of v2, then that should be done separately and with increased
> urgency.

Additionally, at least the first patch appears to be badly mangled.
The formatting is screwed up.

-- 
Jens Axboe