linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 00/30] block: support multipage bvec

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Date:   Wed, 13 Jun 2018 23:18:59 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>,
        Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>, Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...il.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 00/30] block: support multipage bvec

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 09:18:58AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> This one may cause confusing, since we iterate over pages via
> bio_for_each_segment(), but the _all version takes another name
> of page, still iterate over pages.
> 
> So could we change it in the following way?
> 
>  OLD:	    bio_for_each_segment_all
>  NEW(page): bio_for_each_segment_all (update prototype in one tree-wide &
>  			big patch, to be renamed bio_for_each_page_all)
>  NEW(bvec):  (no bvec version needed once bcache is fixed up)	

Fine with me, but I thought Jens didn't like that sweeping change?