On Mon, Dec 06 2004, Kevin Corry wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > On Monday 06 December 2004 6:09 am, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > drivers/md/dm-io.c copies functionality from bio.c . > > > > Is there a specific reason why you don't simply use the functionality > > bio.c provides? > > Can you give some specific examples of the functionality you think is > duplicated? Meanwhile, I'll take a look and see if I can explain any code > overlaps. Ah come on Kevin, a 2 second glance shows lots of uneccesary duplication. Basically only the concept of the bio_set is not duplicated in the first many lines, you even set up matching slabs. How was that ever accepted for merging? -- Jens Axboe