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

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Message-ID: <5f32b2e7-859b-42f9-c726-115ba5ff22a9@kernel.dk>
Date:   Wed, 30 May 2018 13:38:49 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Cc:     Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.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 1:37 PM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> On Wed, May 30 2018 at  2:55pm -0400,
> Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> 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 _really_ would like to see this land for 4.18.  It'll avoid downstream
> backport problems (due to all the churn in this patchset).
> 
> As I'm sure you've seen I reviewed and Acked-by the DM patch.
> 
> I mentioned I've been chatting with Kent, he is available if anything
> needs a v2 for whatever reason.
> 
> Would you be OK adding a single sentence description to each driver's
> patch header (rather than leaving empty like how Kent submitted)?  Or
> should Kent resubmit the entire set with that boilerplate header for
> each patch?

See previous email for both questions :)

-- 
Jens Axboe