linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] Updates following recent generic_make

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Date:   Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:32:35 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        device-mapper development <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
        Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@...fitbricks.com>,
        Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>,
        Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Updates following recent generic_make_request
 improvement

On 03/09/2017 11:00 PM, NeilBrown wrote:
> This is a rebase of the series I sent earlier, based on the
> very latest from Linus, which included my first patch.
> 
> The first fixes a problem that patch introduced, and so should go to
> Linux promptly.
> The others are more general improvements and can go in the normal
> course of events.
> 
> It is possible that the changes to btrfs and xfs can just be dropped
> as a subsequent patch will be needed to revert them anyway.  They are
> there only to be able to say that "blk: make the bioset
> rescue_workqueue optional." doesn't change any functionality at all.

I have applied the first patch for this series, and added the Fixes
tag. We'll let the rest simmer a bit, then aim for 4.12 for those.

-- 
Jens Axboe