linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] swim3: use blk_end_request instead of blk_update

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Message-ID: <4A099562.7020805@kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 13 May 2009 00:27:30 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
CC:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@...jp.nec.com>, jens.axboe@...cle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] swim3: use blk_end_request instead of blk_update_request

Hello,

Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> blk_update_request() was meant for request-based-multi-path, and not for swim3
> please see:
>     32fab448 block: add request update interface
> 
> CC: Kiyoshi Ueda<k-ueda@...jp.nec.com>
> 
> I think Tejun Heo was just using that in some recent block layer,
> transformation.
> Tejun?

Yeah, conversion was easy that way.  I think it's sane to have
blk_update_request() exported as long as request internal tinkering is
kept in block layer proper.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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