>>>>> "Mike" == mchristi <mchristi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: Mike> The following patches begin to cleanup the request->cmd_flags and bio-> bi_rw mess. We currently use cmd_flags to specify the operation, Mike> attributes and state of the request. For bi_rw we use it for Mike> similar info and also the priority but then also have another Mike> bi_flags field for state. At some point, we abused them so much we Mike> just made cmd_flags 64 bits, so we could add more. Mike> The following patches seperate the operation (read, write discard, Mike> flush, etc) from cmd_flags/bi_rw. Mike> This patchset was made against linux-next from today Jan 5 2016. Mike> (git tag next-20160105). Very nice work. Thanks for doing this! I think it's a much needed cleanup. I focused mainly on the core block, discard, write same and sd.c pieces and everything looks sensible to me. I wonder what the best approach is to move a patch set with this many stakeholders forward? Set a "speak now or forever hold your peace" review deadline? -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
