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

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Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2017 08:52:50 +1100
From:   NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-block@...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: [dm-devel] [PATCH 0/5] Updates following recent generic_make_request improvement

On Sat, Mar 11 2017, Jens Axboe wrote:

> 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.
>

Sounds good, thanks.
NeilBrown

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