linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: replace BIO_VMERGE_BOUNDARY with BIOVEC_PHYS

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Message-ID: <20081029130338.GA26282@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:03:38 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: replace BIO_VMERGE_BOUNDARY with
	BIOVEC_PHYS_MERGEABLE


* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> * Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> On Wed, Oct 29 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>>     
>>>> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>> * Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>>> does it have any dependency on:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Subject: [PATCH 1/2] bio: define __BIOVEC_PHYS_MERGEABLE
>>>>>>>             
>>>>>> No, they're independent.  Defining __BIOVEC_PHYS_MERGEABLE will 
>>>>>> be useful for the Xen changes I need to make in the wake of 
>>>>>> Tomo's patch.
>>>>>>           
>>>>> ok - applied to tip/x86/xen, thanks Jeremy! (also added Jens's  
>>>>> Acked-by)
>>>>>         
>>>> build failure, zapped it:
>>>>
>>>> fs/bio.c: In function '__bio_add_page':
>>>> fs/bio.c:443: error: implicit declaration of function '__BIOVEC_PHYS_MERGEABLE'
>>>>       
>>> What patch(es) did you apply?
>>>     
>>
>> the one i replied to (2/2), and which one Jeremy said was independent  
>> of 1/2. Not so much it appears.
>>   
>
> Sorry, miscommunication.  I meant you should apply 1/2, and drop 2/2.

uhm, 1/2 changes bio.h. I'll let both patches alone for now ;-) Please 
resend once the dependencies are sorted out.

	Ingo
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