linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 4/9] pktcdvd: Switch to bio

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Message-ID: <20120828222416.GF1048@moria.home.lan>
Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:24:16 -0700
From:	Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@...hat.com, vgoyal@...hat.com, mpatocka@...hat.com,
	bharrosh@...asas.com, Peter Osterlund <petero2@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 4/9] pktcdvd: Switch to bio_kmalloc()

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 01:32:47PM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:37:31AM -0700, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > This is prep work for killing bi_destructor - previously, pktcdvd had
> > its own pkt_bio_alloc which was basically duplication bio_kmalloc(),
> > necessitating its own bi_destructor implementation.
> 
> How was this tested?

Hasn't been yet, but I'm getting a new test machine in the next day or
so (and also the patch is a lot smaller since the bio_reset() changes
you suggested).
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