| From: |
| NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> |
| To: |
| Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH 000 of 4] Change prototype for bi_end_io |
| Date: |
| Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:20:01 +1000 |
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| <20070927171111.3251.patches@notabene> |
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| linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org |
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Hi Jens,
here are a few more patches from my set that makes various changes to bio
submission and handling.
These change the ->bi_end_io prototype so that
1/ no 'size' is passed
2/ there is no return value.
The 'size' is not really of interest to any bi_end_io handler in existance.
It is really only an internal detail to the "request" handling in ll_rw_blk
and lower levels.
The return value is completely unused.
After these patches, ->bi_end_io is only ever called once per bio.
Note that the last patch makes lots and lots of simple changes. I
think I have found all the right places, but any recently added
device drivers might still be using the old bi_end_io prototype.
I'll grep again after these patches are in your tree.
That patches are against linux-block as of an hour ago.
Thanks,
NeilBrown
Net result of the 4 patches:
46 files changed, 166 insertions(+), 385 deletions(-)
[PATCH 001 of 4] Remove flush_dry_bio_endio
[PATCH 002 of 4] Only call bi_end_io once for any bio.
[PATCH 003 of 4] Don't decrement bi_size in bio_endio.
[PATCH 004 of 4] Drop 'size' argument from bio_endio and bi_end_io.