From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <hch@lst.de>
Received: from verein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211])
	by mail19.linbit.com (LINBIT Mail Daemon) with ESMTP id 02ACB42066F
	for <drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com>; Mon, 24 May 2021 09:26:43 +0200 (CEST)
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 09:26:42 +0200
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Message-ID: <20210524072642.GF23890@lst.de>
References: <20210521055116.1053587-1-hch@lst.de>
	<20210521055116.1053587-15-hch@lst.de>
	<e65de9e6-337c-3e41-b5c2-d033ff236582@suse.de>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <e65de9e6-337c-3e41-b5c2-d033ff236582@suse.de>
Cc: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>,
	linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
	dm-devel@redhat.com, linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org,
	Joshua Morris <josh.h.morris@us.ibm.com>,
	drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>,
	Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Matias Bjorling <mb@lightnvm.io>, Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>,
	Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>, linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org,
	Alex Dubov <oakad@yahoo.com>, Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
	Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, Philip Kelleher <pjk1939@linux.ibm.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>,
	linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>,
	linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com>,
	Jim Paris <jim@jtan.com>, Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>,
	Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com>, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [Drbd-dev] [PATCH 14/26] md: convert to
	blk_alloc_disk/blk_cleanup_disk
List-Id: "*Coordination* of development, patches,
	contributions -- *Questions* \(even to developers\) go to drbd-user,
	please." <drbd-dev.lists.linbit.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.linbit.com/mailman/options/drbd-dev>,
	<mailto:drbd-dev-request@lists.linbit.com?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.linbit.com/pipermail/drbd-dev>
List-Post: <mailto:drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com>
List-Help: <mailto:drbd-dev-request@lists.linbit.com?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-dev>,
	<mailto:drbd-dev-request@lists.linbit.com?subject=subscribe>

On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 10:12:49AM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>> +	blk_set_stacking_limits(&mddev->queue->limits);
>>   	blk_queue_write_cache(mddev->queue, true, true);
>>   	/* Allow extended partitions.  This makes the
>>   	 * 'mdp' device redundant, but we can't really
>>
> Wouldn't it make sense to introduce a helper 'blk_queue_from_disk()' or 
> somesuch to avoid having to keep an explicit 'queue' pointer?

My rought plan is that a few series from now bio based drivers will
never directly deal with the request_queue at all.