[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Thread Index]
[Date Index]
[Author Index]
Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 2/2] block: defer the use of inline biovecs for discard requests
- From: Christoph Hellwig <hch lst de>
- To: Mike Snitzer <snitzer redhat com>
- Cc: axboe kernel dk, martin petersen oracle com, linux-kernel vger kernel org, dm-devel redhat com, James Bottomley suse de, akpm linux-foundation org, Christoph Hellwig <hch lst de>
- Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 2/2] block: defer the use of inline biovecs for discard requests
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:39:55 +0200
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:56:51PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> Don't alloc discard bio with a biovec in blkdev_issue_discard. Doing so
> means bio_has_data() will not be true until the SCSI layer adds the
> payload to the discard request via blk_add_request_payload.
>
> bio_{enable,disable}_inline_vecs are not expected to be widely used so
> they were exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
Why do we need them exported at all? Also some comments on these
functions would be useful.
Otherwise it looks good to me.
[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Thread Index]
[Date Index]
[Author Index]