linux-kernel - Re: What's in linux-2.6-block.git for 2.6.27

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:36:26 +0900
From:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
To:	jens.axboe@...cle.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What's in linux-2.6-block.git for 2.6.27

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:54:04 +0200
Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> So this time it's a little beyond just block stuff, since the
> generic-ipi branch is included (in preparation for block parts actually
> using that code).
> 
> - xen block bits
> 
> - Write starvation fix for 'AS', a very long standing bug
> 
> - CFQ using the message trace for debugging.
> 
> - Ability to inject messages into the blktrace stream from user space,
>   which helps annotate a longer running trace where you make changes
>   meanwhile.
> 
> - Finally kill off request_queue_t typedef.
> 
> - The data integrity block parts.
> 
> - Export of the disk read-only attribute in sysfs
> 
> - The generic-ipi smp helpers and a slew of arch conversions.
> 
> All of the above can be viewed/tested in the for-next branch, which is
> what Stephen is pulling as well. For manual code browsing, go to gitweb
> here:

Can you add a patch to add bounce support to blk_rq_map_user_iov?

http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=121299573730764&w=2
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