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Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v10 8/8] block: Add bio_clone_bioset(), bio_clone_kmalloc()
- From: Tejun Heo <tj kernel org>
- To: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet google com>
- Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe kernel dk>, Jeff Garzik <jeff garzik org>, dm-devel redhat com, linux-kernel vger kernel org, linux-bcache vger kernel org, Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh panasas com>, Alasdair Kergon <agk redhat com>
- Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v10 8/8] block: Add bio_clone_bioset(), bio_clone_kmalloc()
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 16:46:03 -0700
On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 03:35:02PM -0700, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> Previously, there was bio_clone() but it only allocated from the fs bio
> set; as a result various users were open coding it and using
> __bio_clone().
>
> This changes bio_clone() to become bio_clone_bioset(), and then we add
> bio_clone() and bio_clone_kmalloc() as wrappers around it, making use of
> the functionality the last patch adedd.
>
> This will also help in a later patch changing how bio cloning works.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet google com>
> CC: Jens Axboe <axboe kernel dk>
> CC: NeilBrown <neilb suse de>
> CC: Alasdair Kergon <agk redhat com>
> CC: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh panasas com>
> CC: Jeff Garzik <jeff garzik org>
> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik redhat com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj kernel org>
Thanks.
--
tejun
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