linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the tree

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Message-ID: <20131108152915.GI10212@kernel.dk>
Date:	Fri, 8 Nov 2013 08:29:15 -0700
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@...cle.com>,
	Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Zach Brown <zab@...bo.net>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the  tree

On Thu, Nov 07 2013, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Btw, I have to state that I very much disagree with dropping the
> direct I/O kernel changes, and I also very much disagree with keeping
> the immutable iovecs in.
> 
> For the latter I think the immutable iovecs are useful and do want to
> see them eventually, but they were merged at the latest possible point
> in the merge window and cause breakage all over the tree, so they very
> clearly are not ready at this point, and I fear even more breakage if
> they do get merged.

I agree, I've had this very conversation with Kent as well. The merge of
it has gone a lot worse than I had feared, and the resulting series at
this point is a non-bisectable mess. The fallback plan was to pull it
from the 3.13 tree and shove it into a 3.14 tree with more for-next
simmering.

It is in progress, just takes a while...

-- 
Jens Axboe

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