linux-kernel - Re: [patch 8/9] lguest: the block driver

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Date:	Wed, 9 May 2007 13:22:43 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, ak@...e.de, jens.axboe@...cle.com,
	"Rene Herman" <rene.herman@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 8/9] lguest: the block driver

On 5/9/07, akpm@...ux-foundation.org <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> +/* Jens gave me this nice helper to end all chunks of a request. */
> +static void end_entire_request(struct request *req, int uptodate)
> +{
> +       if (end_that_request_first(req, uptodate, req->hard_nr_sectors))
> +               BUG();
> +       add_disk_randomness(req->rq_disk);
> +       blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
> +       end_that_request_last(req, uptodate);
> +}

Again, I would prefer this went straight into block/ll_rw_blk.c. Rene
and I am using something similar in the new Mitsumi driver although
one of us has a bug already, we're using req->nr_sectors for this...
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