linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET 1][PATCH 0/6] Filesystem AIO read/write

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 4 Jan 2007 09:02:42 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	suparna@...ibm.com
Cc:	linux-aio@...ck.org, drepper@...hat.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jakub@...hat.com, mingo@...e.hu, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET 1][PATCH 0/6] Filesystem AIO read/write

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:26:21 +0530
Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 02:15:56PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:53:08 +0530
> > Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > This patchset implements changes to make filesystem AIO read
> > > and write asynchronous for the non O_DIRECT case.
> > 
> > Unfortunately the unplugging changes in Jen's block tree have trashed these
> > patches to a degree that I'm not confident in my repair attempts.  So I'll
> > drop the fasio patches from -mm.
> 
> I took a quick look and the conflicts seem pretty minor to me, the unplugging
> changes mostly touch nearby code.

Well...  the conflicts (both mechanical and conceptual) are such that a
round of retesting is needed.

> Please let know how you want this fixed up.
>
> >From what I can tell the comments in the unplug patches seem to say that
> it needs more work and testing, so perhaps a separate fixup patch may be
> a better idea rather than make the fsaio patchset dependent on this.

Patches against next -mm would be appreciated, please.  Sorry about that.

I _assume_ Jens is targetting 2.6.21?

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/