Re: [PATCH 2/2] block: remove support for bio remapping from ->make_request

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Mon Sep 12 2011 - 08:26:09 EST


On 2011-09-12 14:25, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:59:52AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 2011-09-11 16:51, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>> There is very little benefit in allowing to let a ->make_request
>>> instance update the bios device and sector and loop around it in
>>> __generic_make_request when we can archive the same through calling
>>> generic_make_request from the driver and letting the loop in
>>> generic_make_request handle it.
>>
>> Agree, this looks good! Will apply for 3.2.
>
> Are you going to fix the issue Neil pointed out beforehand?

Yep, I merged that one in with the 2/2 patch and added his Acked-by as
well.

--
Jens Axboe

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