Re: [PATCH] bio walking for 2.5.68-bk6

Jens Axboe (axboe@suse.de)
Tue, 6 May 2003 20:05:27 +0200


On Sat, Apr 26 2003, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have updated and reworked bio traversal patch.
>
> Main idea is now reversed - instead of introducing rq->hard_bio as
> pointer for bio to be completed and using rq->bio as pointer for bio
> to be submitted, rq->cbio is introduced for submissions and rq->bio
> is used for completions.
>
> This minimizes changes to block layer and assures that all existing
> block users are not affected by this patch.

This looks good, I like this concept a whole lot better.

> Please check it and forward to Linus, or tell what changes you
> need to find this code acceptable.

Will do, I've merged it into bk current right now. I'll submit after a
bit of testing.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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