linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] REQ-flags to/from BIO-flags bugfix

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Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:33:38 -0700
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] REQ-flags to/from BIO-flags bugfix

On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 06:06:45PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> Thats not enough You still need to fix code in ll_rw_blk(), I would
> define a rq_flags_bio_match_mask = 0xf for that. 
> (and also add what Jens called "needed" with the
> BIO_RW_AHEAD selects REQ_FAILFAST.)

Yes, I appreciate it's not enough; that's why I didn't sign-off on it.

Nobody currently sets BIO_RW_AHEAD, so I don't understand why we need to
do anything ;-)

> And I still don't understand why, for example, "Domain Validation" fails
> with the original patch. What sets BIO_RW_FAILFAST and than panics
> on Errors?
> (All I see is this flag set in dm/multipath.c & dm-mpath.c)

No idea ...

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