linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/11] xen-blkfront: remove bio splitting.

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Message-ID: <20170420100012.5v7yx3st5cxhrgdx@dhcp-3-128.uk.xensource.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:00:12 +0100
From:   Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
CC:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/11] xen-blkfront: remove bio splitting.

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 03:38:50PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> bios that are re-submitted will pass through blk_queue_split() when
> blk_queue_bio() is called, and this will split the bio if necessary.
> There is no longer any need to do this splitting in xen-blkfront.
> 
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>

Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>

> ---
>  drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c |   54 ++----------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

Nice!