linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 00/54] block: support multipage bvec

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Message-ID: <20170116151813.GA28410@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2017 07:18:13 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-block <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/54] block: support multipage bvec

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 11:19:19AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> Any comments on this version?

We'll need to make sure all drivers can handle multi-page bvecs
before continuing any other work.  Without that the series is a no-go.
Note that in general making a drivers capable of handling multipage
bvecs will clean it up by using new helpers and be worthwhile on it's
own.