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Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 19:29:42 +0800 From: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com> To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Anton Altaparmakov <anton@...era.com> Subject: block & iov_iter: use bvec iterator to implement iterate_bvec() Hi Guys, The 1st two patches move bvec iterator helpers out from bio.h, then they can be used even if CONFIG_BLOCK is disabled, so not necessary to use iov iter own approach to do the job. One motivation is that in the future we may support multipage bvecs, as interests[1] have been shown in this idea, so looks better to unify the implementation now. [1], http://marc.info/?w=2&r=1&s=++[LSF%2FMM+ATTEND]+block%3A+multipage+bvecs&q=t include/linux/bio.h | 55 +------------------------------------------ include/linux/blk_types.h | 4 ++-- include/linux/bvec_iter.h | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ lib/iov_iter.c | 31 +++++++++--------------- 4 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-) Thanks, Ming
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