linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] ext4: introduce ext4_sb_bread_unmovable() to replace sb_bread

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Message-ID: <20201009020015.GG816148@mit.edu>
Date:   Thu, 8 Oct 2020 22:00:15 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     "zhangyi (F)" <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.com, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] ext4: introduce ext4_sb_bread_unmovable() to
 replace sb_bread_unmovable()

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 03:33:37PM +0800, zhangyi (F) wrote:
> Now we only use sb_bread_unmovable() to read superblock and descriptor
> block at mount time, so there is no opportunity that we need to clear
> buffer verified bit and also handle buffer write_io error bit. But for
> the sake of unification, let's introduce ext4_sb_bread_unmovable() to
> replace all sb_bread_unmovable(). After this patch, we stop using read
> helpers in fs/buffer.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: zhangyi (F) <yi.zhang@...wei.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted