linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext4: flag as supporting buffered async reads

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Message-ID: <990cc101-d4a1-f346-fe78-0fb5b963b406@kernel.dk>
Date:   Tue, 18 Aug 2020 11:12:51 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: flag as supporting buffered async reads

On 8/18/20 11:11 AM, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 03, 2020 at 05:02:11PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> ext4 uses generic_file_read_iter(), which already supports this.
>>
>> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
>> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Resending this one, as I've been carrying it privately since May. The
>> necessary bits are now upstream (and XFS/btrfs equiv changes as well),
>> please consider this one for 5.9. Thanks!
> 
> The necessary commit only hit upstream as of 5.9-rc1, unless I'm
> missing something?  It's on my queue to send to Linus once I get my
> (late) ext4 primary pull request for 5.9.

Right, it went in at the start of the merge window for 5.9. Thanks Ted!

-- 
Jens Axboe