[PATCH v2 0/7] sd patches for kernel v5.1

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Hi Martin,

This patch series includes the following patches:
- Six patches that clean up/rearrange the code in the sd driver.
- One micro-optimization for the SCSI core.

Please consider these patches for kernel v5.1.

Thanks,

Bart.

Changes compared to v1:
- Left out the two patches that increase SCSI probing concurrency.
- Added a micro-optimization patch for the SCSI core.

Bart Van Assche (3):
  sd: Remove a local variable
  sd: Rename 'SCpnt' into 'cmd'
  Remove an atomic instruction from the hot path

Martin K. Petersen (4):
  sd: Be consistent about blocks vs. sectors
  sd: Simplify misaligned I/O check
  sd: Create helper functions for read/write commands
  sd: Clean up sd_setup_read_write_cmnd()

 drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c |   2 +-
 drivers/scsi/sd.c       | 374 ++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 2 files changed, 166 insertions(+), 210 deletions(-)

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2.20.1.97.g81188d93c3-goog




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