linux-kernel - Re: rename ->make_request_fn and move it to the block_device

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Message-ID: <bd1443c0-be37-115b-1110-df6f0e661a50@kernel.dk>
Date:   Tue, 30 Jun 2020 07:57:29 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     dm-devel@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org,
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        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rename ->make_request_fn and move it to the
 block_device_operations

On 6/29/20 1:39 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Hi Jens,
> 
> this series moves the make_request_fn method into block_device_operations
> with the much more descriptive ->submit_bio name.  It then also gives
> generic_make_request a more descriptive name, and further optimize the
> path to issue to blk-mq, removing the need for the direct_make_request
> bypass.

Looks good to me, and it's a nice cleanup as well. Applied.

-- 
Jens Axboe