linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] direct-io: do not merge logically non-contiguous requests

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 21 May 2010 11:35:38 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] direct-io: do not merge logically non-contiguous
	requests

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:37:45AM -0400, Josef Bacik wrote:
> So after I sent this I thought that maybe I could make that test _only_ if we
> provide submit_bio, that way it only affects btrfs and not everybody else, would
> you prefer I do something like that?  I will make the commit log a bit more
> verbose.  Thanks,

Again, I think it's not really worth optimizing for.  Just document very
clearly why it's there.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/