linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 02/13] dm: Use bioset's front_pad for dm_rq_clone_bio

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Message-ID: <20120822183252.GC19212@google.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:32:52 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@...hat.com, vgoyal@...hat.com, mpatocka@...hat.com,
	bharrosh@...asas.com, Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/13] dm: Use bioset's front_pad for
 dm_rq_clone_bio_info

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:03:59AM -0700, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> Previously, dm_rq_clone_bio_info needed to be freed by the bio's
> destructor to avoid a memory leak in the blk_rq_prep_clone() error path.
> This gets rid of a memory allocation and means we can kill
> dm_rq_bio_destructor.
> 
> v6: Fix comment on struct dm_rq_clone_bio_info, per Tejun
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>
> CC: Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>

 Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

It would be nice if dm people can review these patches tho.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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