Re: [PATCH 00/13] convert block layer to bioset_init()/mempool_init()

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Wed May 30 2018 - 15:38:58 EST


On 5/30/18 1:37 PM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> On Wed, May 30 2018 at 2:55pm -0400,
> Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 5/30/18 7:36 AM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
>>> So revisiting this patchset: are you inclined to take these changes (I
>>> assume yes)? If so, what would you need in order to get them staged for
>>> 4.18? I'll start with offering my review in reply to the DM patch. I'd
>>> much prefer to see this level of change go in sooner rather than later.
>>
>> Yeah I'd like to take the changes, but we might have to wait for
>> 4.19 at this point. It'd certainly help to have the dm bits reviewed,
>> as they are some of the larger ones. The grunt of the others are mostly
>> trivial and smaller in scope.
>
> I _really_ would like to see this land for 4.18. It'll avoid downstream
> backport problems (due to all the churn in this patchset).
>
> As I'm sure you've seen I reviewed and Acked-by the DM patch.
>
> I mentioned I've been chatting with Kent, he is available if anything
> needs a v2 for whatever reason.
>
> Would you be OK adding a single sentence description to each driver's
> patch header (rather than leaving empty like how Kent submitted)? Or
> should Kent resubmit the entire set with that boilerplate header for
> each patch?

See previous email for both questions :)

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Jens Axboe