linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCHSET linux-2.6-block#for-2.6.31] block: lld cleanup patches

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Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:38:29 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, joerg@...chain.net,
	geert@...ux-m68k.org, donari75@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	jdike@...ux.intel.com, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	Laurent@...vier.info
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCHSET linux-2.6-block#for-2.6.31] block: lld cleanup patches

On Tuesday 28 April 2009 05:44:07 Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello, Bartlomiej.
> 
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> > Subject: [RFC][PATCH] mg_disk: fix issue with data integrity on error in mg_write()
> > 
> > We cannot acknowledge the sector write before checking its status
> > (which is done on the next loop iteration) and we also need to do
> > the final status register check after writing the last sector.
> > 
> > Fix mg_write() to match mg_write_intr() in this regard.
> > 
> > While at it:
> > - add mg_read_one() and mg_write_one() helpers
> > - always use MG_SECTOR_SIZE and remove MG_STORAGE_BUFFER_SIZE
> > 
> > Cc: unsik Kim <donari75@...il.com>
> > Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> 
> I folded other three patches into my series.  This one looks good to me
> too but unlike others this one actually changes how the driver
> interacts with the device so I think it would be better to wait for
> unsik's ack on this one (I'm pushing out others).

Fine with me and thanks for handling it.  BTW do you still have version this
patch re-synced on top of other changes around?
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