linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] ext4: cleanup legacy buffer

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Date:   Mon, 16 Sep 2019 05:06:32 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Matthew Bobrowski <mbobrowski@...browski.org>
Cc:     tytso@....edu, jack@...e.cz, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        david@...morbit.com, hch@...radead.org, darrick.wong@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] ext4: cleanup legacy buffer_head direct IO code

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 09:05:03PM +1000, Matthew Bobrowski wrote:
> Remove buffer_head direct IO code that is now redundant as a result of
> porting across the read/write paths to use iomap infrastructure.

I still think moving the removal of the not required code into the
actual patches that make the code obsolete is a better idea.  That
makes it very clear what is added to remove what kind and amount of
old code.