linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] block: add WRITE

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Message-ID: <20161102145520.GE13964@lst.de>
Date:   Wed, 2 Nov 2016 15:55:20 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
Cc:     axboe@...nel.dk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        jack@...e.cz, hch@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] block: add WRITE_BACKGROUND

On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 03:08:44PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> This adds a new request flag, REQ_BACKGROUND, that callers can use to
> tell the block layer that this is background (non-urgent) IO.

The subject still says WRITE_BACKGROUND :)

Otherwise looks fine:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>