linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/11] block: remove bio

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Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 23:43:48 +0800
From:   Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        linux-block <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] block: remove bio_clone() and all references.

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:38 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com> wrote:
> bio_clone() is no longer used.
> Only bio_clone_bioset() or bio_clone_fast().
> This is for the best, as bio_clone() used fs_bio_set,
> and filesystems are unlikely to want to use bio_clone().
>
> So remove bio_clone() and all references.
> This includes a fix to some incorrect documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>

Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>

Thanks,
Ming Lei