linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] blk-mq: reuse code in blk_mq_check

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Date:   Mon, 30 Sep 2019 01:33:24 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     "Pavel Begunkov (Silence)" <asml.silence@...il.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] blk-mq: reuse code in blk_mq_check_inflight*()

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 11:27:32AM +0300, Pavel Begunkov (Silence) wrote:
> From: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>
> 
> 1. Reuse the same walker callback for both blk_mq_in_flight() and
> blk_mq_in_flight_rw().
> 
> 2. Store inflight counters immediately in struct mq_inflight.
> It's type-safer and removes extra indirection.

You really want to split this into two patches.  Part 2 looks very
sensible to me, but I don't really see how 1 is qn equivalent
transformation right now.  Splitting it out and writing a non-trivial
changelog might help understanding it if you think it really is
equivalent as-is.