Re: [PATCH 01/17] BLOCK: Move functions out of buffer code [try #2]

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Fri Aug 25 2006 - 10:06:05 EST


On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 10:32:53PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Move some functions out of the buffering code that aren't strictly buffering
> specific. This is a precursor to being able to disable the block layer.
>
> (*) Moved some stuff out of fs/buffer.c:
>
> (*) The file sync and general sync stuff moved to fs/sync.c.
>
> (*) The superblock sync stuff moved to fs/super.c.
>
> (*) do_invalidatepage() moved to mm/truncate.c.
>
> (*) try_to_release_page() moved to mm/filemap.c.
>
> (*) Moved some related declarations between header files:
>
> (*) declarations for do_invalidatepage() and try_to_release_page() moved
> to linux/mm.h.
>
> (*) __set_page_dirty_buffers() moved to linux/buffer_head.h.
>
> Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>

Please remove the CONFIG_BLOCK that splipped in and should only be in the
final patch. Otherwise ACK.
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