linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] block: Convert various code to bio_for_each

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Date:	Thu, 7 Nov 2013 12:21:21 -0800
From:	Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, axboe@...nel.dk, hch@...radead.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...ionio.com>,
	Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@...sung.com>,
	Joern Engel <joern@...fs.org>,
	Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi.linux@...il.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] block: Convert various code to bio_for_each_segment()

On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 12:26:30PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Mon 04-11-13 15:36:19, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > With immutable biovecs we don't want code accessing bi_io_vec directly -
> > the uses this patch changes weren't incorrect since they all own the
> > bio, but it makes the code harder to audit for no good reason - also,
> > this will help with multipage bvecs later.
>   I think you've missed the code in fs/ext4/page-io.c in the conversion
> (likely because it was added relatively recently).

Thanks!
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