Re: [PATCH 07/18] libxfs: make libxfs_bwrite do what libxfs_writebufr does

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On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 06:45:47AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 05:43:19PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Make libxfs_bwrite equivalent to libxfs_writebufr.  This makes it so
> > that libxfs bwrite calls write the buffer to disk immediately and
> > without double-freeing the buffer.  However, we choose to consolidate
> > around the libxfs_bwrite name to match the kernel.
> 
> The commit message looks a little odd.  Also why is the subject a
> different style than the previous messages?

Ok, changed to:

"libxfs: rename libxfs_writebufr to libxfs_bwrite

"Rename this function so that we have an API that matches the kernel
without a #define."

> Also if there was a double free shouldn't we fix that in a small
> backportable patch first (not that I see such a fix anywhere)?

Hmmm... I can't find one either.  I think that's just an anachronism
from an earlier version of this series.

--D



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