linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: flag as supporting buffered async reads

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Date:   Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:26:35 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: flag as supporting buffered async reads

On 8/18/20 12:12 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 8/18/20 11:11 AM, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 03, 2020 at 05:02:11PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> ext4 uses generic_file_read_iter(), which already supports this.
>>>
>>> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Resending this one, as I've been carrying it privately since May. The
>>> necessary bits are now upstream (and XFS/btrfs equiv changes as well),
>>> please consider this one for 5.9. Thanks!
>>
>> The necessary commit only hit upstream as of 5.9-rc1, unless I'm
>> missing something?  It's on my queue to send to Linus once I get my
>> (late) ext4 primary pull request for 5.9.
> 
> Right, it went in at the start of the merge window for 5.9. Thanks Ted!

Didn't see it in the queue that just sent in, is it still queued up?

-- 
Jens Axboe