On Thu, Apr 20 2017, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Currently the request structure has an errors field that is used in > various different ways. The oldest drivers use it as an error count, > blk-mq and the generic timeout code assume that it holds a Linux > errno for block completions, and various drivers use it for internal > status values, often overwriting them with Linux errnos later, > that is unless they are processing passthrough requests in which > case they'll leave their errors in it. > > This series kills the ->errors field and replaced it with new fields > in the drivers (or an odd hack in a union in struct request for > two bitrotting old drivers). Applied for 4.12, thanks. -- Jens Axboe
