linux-kernel - [PATCH 7/8] block: remove req->special

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Date:   Sun, 11 Nov 2018 14:32:10 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     axboe@...nel.dk, martin.petersen@...cle.com, ooo@...ctrozaur.com
Cc:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Benjamin Block <bblock@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] block: remove req->special

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Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
---
 block/blk-mq.c         | 1 -
 include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 --
 2 files changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 411be60d0cb6..c1bb0c0b2ad8 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ static struct request *blk_mq_rq_ctx_init(struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data,
 #if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY)
 	rq->nr_integrity_segments = 0;
 #endif
-	rq->special = NULL;
 	/* tag was already set */
 	rq->extra_len = 0;
 	rq->__deadline = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index e67ad2dd025e..adafeb1e0c2b 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -216,8 +216,6 @@ struct request {
 	unsigned short write_hint;
 	unsigned short ioprio;
 
-	void *special;		/* opaque pointer available for LLD use */
-
 	unsigned int extra_len;	/* length of alignment and padding */
 
 	enum mq_rq_state state;
-- 
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