linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Remove kiocb ki

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Message-ID: <20200709101705.GA2095@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 9 Jul 2020 11:17:05 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-aio@...ck.org,
        io-uring@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kanchan Joshi <joshi.k@...sung.com>,
        Javier Gonzalez <javier.gonz@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Remove kiocb ki_complete

I really don't like this series at all.  If saves a single pointer
but introduces a complicated machinery that just doesn't follow any
natural flow.  And there doesn't seem to be any good reason for it to
start with.