linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/2] ide-{floppy,tape}: remove request stack

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Message-ID: <58cb370e0808061134k4ba3c68fx2797db6fc5e8613b@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:34:24 +0200
From:	"Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz" <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Borislav Petkov" <petkovbb@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/2] ide-{floppy,tape}: remove request stack

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
<bzolnier@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
> <bzolnier@...il.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> ---
>> pc stack can also be removed with a bit of care, we just need sth like:
>>
>> - add request_sense_pc (request_sense_rq alike)
>>
>> - dynamically allocate pc-s for blk_{fs,pc}_request() in ide-floppy.c
>>  and for REQ_IDETAPE_{READ,WRITE} in ide-tape.c
>>
>> - add PC_FLAG_DYN for dynamically allocated pc-s
>>
>> - (the difficult part) figure out where to put freeing of dynamic pc-s
>>
>> Borislav, AFAIR you had some patches doing dynamic pc/rq-s?
>> Maybe it would be possible to dust off just their rq-parts?
>
> Please disregard above comments -- I found a better way to deal with rq stack.

pc stack... pc stack...
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