linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/14] block: reorganize request fetching functions

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:07:51 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bzolnier@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/14] block: reorganize request fetching functions

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 01:37:54AM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Impact: code reorganization
> 
> elv_next_request() and elv_dequeue_request() are public block layer
> interface than actual elevator implementation.  They mostly deal with
> how requests interact with block layer and low level drivers at the
> beginning of rqeuest processing whereas __elv_next_request() is the
> actual eleveator request fetching interface.
> 
> Move the two functions to blk-core.c.  This prepares for further
> interface cleanup.

As a follow-up patch you might want to rename them to have a more
descriptive prefix than elv_ and add some kerneldoc comments for them.

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