linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/13] block: assorted cleanup for bio splitting and cloning.

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Date:   Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:43:44 -0500
From:   Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        device-mapper development <dm-devel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] block: assorted cleanup for bio splitting and cloning.

On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 5:36 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 18 2017, Jens Axboe wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jun 18 2017, NeilBrown wrote:
>>> This is a resend of my series of patches working
>>> towards removing the bioset work queues.
>>>
>>> This set is based on for-4.13/block.
>>>
>>> It incorporates the revised versions of all the patches that were
>>> resent following feedback on the last set.
>>>
>>> It also includes a minor grammatic improvement to a comment, and
>>> simple changes to compensate for a couple of changes to the block tree
>>> since the last posting.
>>>
>>> I hope to eventually get rid of the new BIOSET_NEED_RESCUER flag,
>>> but that needs work in dm and probably bcache first.
>>
>> Thanks Neil, applied.
>
> Thanks a lot Jens.

I missed this line of work until now.  Not quite sure why I wasn't
cc'd or my review/ack required for the DM changes in this patchset.

But I've now queued this patch for once Linus gets back (reverts DM
changes from commit 47e0fb461f):
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=c9fdc42ba23eabd1ba7aef199fb9bb4b4fe5c545

As is, it is my understanding that DM has no need for a bio_set's
rescue_workqueue.  So its removal would appear to only be gated by
bcache?

But I could be mistaken, moving forward please let me know what you
feel needs doing in DM to make it a better citizen.

Thanks,
Mike