linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] lightnvm: pblk: fixes for read buffer

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Date:   Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:37:17 +0200
From:   Matias Bjørling <mb@...htnvm.io>
To:     javier@...igon.com
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        javier@...xlabs.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] lightnvm: pblk: fixes for read buffer

On 09/18/2018 10:03 AM, Javier González wrote:
> This patchet's main motivation is to account for a corner case in which
> the read constrains imposed by the device are not respected by pblk. In
> the process, it also refactors parts of the read ring buffer to simplify
> creation/deletion operations and improve readability.
> 
> Note that the checkpatch warnings on missing comments for memory
> barriers are false positives.
> 
> The code is also available in the for-4.20/pblk branch in the OCSSD github
> project.
> 
> Thanks,
> Javier
> 
> Javier González (4):
>    lightnvm: pblk: remove unused function
>    lightnvm: pblk: encapsulate rb pointer operations
>    lightnvm: pblk: move ring buffer alloc/free rb init
>    lightnvm: pblk: guarantee mw_cunits on read buffer
> 
>   drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c  |  21 +++------
>   drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rb.c    | 100 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>   drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c |   7 +--
>   drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h       |  11 ++---
>   4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
> 

Applied for 4.20.