Re: [PATCH 1/2] Don't merge different partition's IOs

[Jens Axboe]

On 2010-12-08 15:59, Satoru Takeuchi wrote:
> Hi Jens,
> 
> (2010/12/08 16:33), Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 2010-12-07 15:18, Satoru Takeuchi wrote:
> 
>>> I hit on another approach. Although it doesn'tprevent any merge as Linus
>>> preferred, it can fix the problem anyway. In this idea, in_flight is
>>> incremented and decremented for the partition which the request belonged
>>> to in its creation. It has the following merits.
> 
> Revert is already finished. 2.6.37-rc-5 and latest stable kernel doesn't
> contain Yasuaki's former logic.
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/24/118

Yes I know, that is why I said:

>> I really would prefer if we fixed up the patchset we ended up reverting.
>> At least that had a purpose with growing struct request, since we saved
>> on doing the partition lookups.

That I prefer we fix that code up, since I think it's the best solution
to the problem.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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