Thread (25 messages) 25 messages, 3 authors, 2019-01-22

Re: [PATCH V14 00/18] block: support multi-page bvec

From: Ming Lei <hidden>
Date: 2019-01-21 08:37:53
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 09:22:46AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 04:17:47PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
quoted
V14:
	- drop patch(patch 4 in V13) for renaming bvec helpers, as suggested by Jens
	- use mp_bvec_* as multi-page bvec helper name
WTF?  Where is this coming from?  mp is just a nightmare of a name,
and I also didn't see any comments like that.
You should see the recent discussion in which Jens doesn't agree on
renaming bvec helper name, so the previous patch of 'block: rename bvec helpers'
has to be dropped, and we have to find a new name for multi-page bvec
helpers.

Jens mentioned we can do the rename in next release after the whole
patchset is merged first, then I think mp_bvec_* should be fine since
its life time is short.

Or do you other suggestion?

Thanks,
Ming
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