linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/19] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6]

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Message-ID: <26780.1156968792@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:13:12 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, axboe@...nel.dk,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/19] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 

Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> wrote:

> I think I'll just slam all this in at the first opportunity.  Stuff will
> break, but it will be easy to fix.

Well, it's into Jens's block GIT tree.

> If you try to upissue this patchset I shall be seeking an IP-routable hand
> grenade.

"upissue"?

> This function is misnamed and is implemented in the wrong place.  It's not
> really a block thing at all.  If/when/soon NFS starts to implement it and
> call it, things will need to be renamed and reshuffled.

Sounds this function then migrate to kernel/sched.c along with its baggage
train.

> So...  for now, I'll replace it with a simple io_schedule_timeout(timeout),
> which is equivalent to what we do now for network filesystems.

Please send the patch to Jens to make sure the block GIT tree gets fixed.

David
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