linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "block: simplify set_init

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Message-ID: <20210127161205.GA21325@lst.de>
Date:   Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:12:05 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Maxim Mikityanskiy <maxtram95@...il.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "block: simplify set_init_blocksize" to regain
 lost performance

While this code is gross, I think we need to add it back for now:

Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

I'll put converting the block device buffered I/O path to iomap or
an iomap lookalike on the backburner to fix this..