Re: [patch] pagecache-2.3.9-H3, bmap & ext2fs cleanup patch

Ingo Molnar (mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu)
Sun, 27 Jun 1999 16:29:12 +0200 (CEST)


On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> >make_request() handles it already. Am i overlooking something?
>
> Yes, ll_rw_block suppose that all buffer passed in the array blongs to the

i know ... i asked if there is anything else than:

> > what is exactly the difficulty in doing so? Apart from some slight
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > MD-related inconvenience and some single-major assumption in the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 'block size verification loop' (which is nonfunctional), ll_rw_block()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > seems to be fully capable of handling multiple-device requests, mostly
> > because make_request() handles it already. Am i overlooking something?

but thanks, your patch just answered this with 'no, there are no other
problems' :)

-- mingo

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