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

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Date:   Wed, 2 Nov 2016 10:22:03 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] block: add WRITE_BACKGROUND

On Wed, Nov 02 2016, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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 :)

Gah - will fix that up.

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

Added, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe