On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 03:59:00PM +0530, Chandan Babu R wrote: > On 25 Sep 2021 at 04:32, Eric Sandeen wrote: > > On 9/24/21 9:09 AM, Chandan Babu R wrote: > >> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> This is needed for the kernel buffer cache conversion to be able > >> to wait on IO synchrnously. It is implemented with pthread mutexes > >> and conditional variables. > >> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > I am inclined to not merge patches 4 or 5 until there's something that > > uses it. It can be merged and tested together with consumers, rather > > than adding unused code at this point. Thoughts? > > > > I think I will let Dave answer this question since I believe he most likely > has a roadmap on when the consumers will land. Technically speaking, one /could/ port xfs_scrub to use the kernel completion API instead of calling pthread APIs directly, but I don't see much gain from churning that. --D > -- > chandan
