linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/13] convert block layer to bioset_init()/mempool

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Message-ID: <bda57417-4aa1-b22c-9973-76d039fcaa9e@kernel.dk>
Date:   Wed, 30 May 2018 13:36:58 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
Cc:     Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org, colyli@...e.de,
        darrick.wong@...cle.com, clm@...com, bacik@...com,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com,
        linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        neilb@...e.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] convert block layer to bioset_init()/mempool_init()

On 5/30/18 1:34 PM, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 12:55:48PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 5/30/18 7:36 AM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
>>> So revisiting this patchset: are you inclined to take these changes (I
>>> assume yes)?  If so, what would you need in order to get them staged for
>>> 4.18?  I'll start with offering my review in reply to the DM patch.  I'd
>>> much prefer to see this level of change go in sooner rather than later.
>>
>> Yeah I'd like to take the changes, but we might have to wait for
>> 4.19 at this point. It'd certainly help to have the dm bits reviewed,
>> as they are some of the larger ones. The grunt of the others are mostly
>> trivial and smaller in scope.
> 
> I don't have a strong opinion on 4.18 vs. 4.19, but I'm available to do whatever
> fixups are needed if it'll help get them in faster.

Let's do 4.18, I'm getting ready to queue it up. Pinged a few btrfs folks to
get that part reviewed.

Note that I'll add a one liner description in the commit message for the
patches, as suggested by Mike. They are pretty barren, a little meat in
the body won't hurt.

-- 
Jens Axboe