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

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Message-ID: <20080626173754.GC20851@kernel.dk>
Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:37:55 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What's in linux-2.6-block.git for 2.6.27

On Thu, Jun 26 2008, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> 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

Yep, done.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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