linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 06/10] block: remove blk_init

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Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:49:00 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/10] block: remove blk_init_flush() and its pair

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 09:11:10PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
>> Now mission of the two helpers is over, and just call
>> blk_alloc_flush_queue() and blk_free_flush_queue() directly.
>
> I suspect it might be much easier to fold all previous patches except
> for patch 4, which stands alone into one.  There's just too much churn
> there which doesn't stay in the final version.

Simpler to merge, but more difficult to split. It is for easier review,
since patch 5 is a bit big and each patch still does one thing.

Thanks,
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