linux-kernel - Re: remove the cmd_type field from struct request

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Message-ID: <yq1shnyzkfy.fsf@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:58:09 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     axboe@...nel.dk, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: remove the cmd_type field from struct request

>>>>> "Christoph" == Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> writes:

Christoph> this series gets rid of the cmd_type field in struct
Christoph> request and instead folds it into the REQ_OP* space.  This
Christoph> reduces the size of struct request, and leads to a single op
Christoph> namespace that drivers can easily switch on.

Very nice cleanup!

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering