linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: factor out bio_check

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:45:58 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Cc:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dm-devel@...hat.com,
	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, David Chinner <dgc@....com>,
	Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com>,
	Stefan Bader <Stefan.Bader@...ibm.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: factor out bio_check_eod()

On Wed, Jul 18 2007, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 18 2007, Tejun Heo wrote:
> >> Jens Axboe wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Jul 18 2007, Tejun Heo wrote:
> >>>> Jens Axboe wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, Jul 18 2007, Tejun Heo wrote:
> >>>>>> End of device check is done twice in __generic_make_request() and it's
> >>>>>> fully inlined each time.  Factor out bio_check_eod().
> >>>>> Tejun, yeah I should seperate the cleanups and put them in the upstream
> >>>>> branch. Will do so and add your signed-off to both of them.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Would they be different from the one I just posted?  No big deal either
> >>>> way.  I'm just basing the zero-length barrier on top of these patches.
> >>>> Oh well, the changes are trivial anyway.
> >>> This one ended up being the same, but in the first one you missed some
> >>> of the cleanups. I ended up splitting the patch some more though, see
> >>> the series:
> >>>
> >>> http://git.kernel.dk/?p=linux-2.6-block.git;a=shortlog;h=barrier
> >> Alright, will base on 662d5c5e6afb79d05db5563205b809c0de530286.  Thanks.
> > 
> > 1781c6a39fb6e31836557618c4505f5f7bc61605, no? Unless you want to rewrite
> > it completely :-)
> 
> I think I'll start from 662d5c5e and steal most parts from 1781c6a3.  I
> like stealing, you know. :-) I think 1781c6a3 also can use splitting -
> zero length barrier implementation and issue_flush conversion.

Yes that's true, I could split that in two as well. Will do so!

> Anyways, how do I pull from git.kernel.dk?
> git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block.git gives me connection reset by server.

git://git.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block.git

somewhat annoying, I'll see if I can prefix it with git-daemon in the
future.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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