linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ceph: libceph: move ceph_osdc_copy

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Date:   Mon, 8 Nov 2021 04:46:40 +0100
From:   Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>
To:     Luís Henriques <lhenriques@...e.de>
Cc:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>, Xiubo Li <xiubli@...hat.com>,
        Patrick Donnelly <pdonnell@...hat.com>,
        Ceph Development <ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ceph: libceph: move ceph_osdc_copy_from() into
 cephfs code

On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 1:31 PM Luís Henriques <lhenriques@...e.de> wrote:
>
> This patch moves ceph_osdc_copy_from() function out of libceph code into
> cephfs.  There are no other users for this function, and there is the need
> (in another patch) to access internal ceph_osd_request struct members.
> Thus, instead of changing ceph_osdc_copy_from() to return the request,
> simply move it where it is needed.

Hi Luis,

ceph_alloc_copyfrom_request() does exactly that -- returns the request.
I have dropped this sentence from the changelog but wanted to check if
you meant to keep the change instead of just moving and renaming.

Thanks,

                Ilya