From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "hch@lst.de" Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/11] scatterlist: support "page-less" (__pfn_t only) entries Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 16:12:09 +0200 Message-ID: <20150523141209.GA19414@lst.de> References: <20150512042629.11521.70356.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> <20150512043001.11521.3526.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> <1431542149.31415.10.camel@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "hch@lst.de" , "axboe@fb.com" , "mingo@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "j.glisse@gmail.com" , "axboe@kernel.dk" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , "riel@redhat.com" , "linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" , "dmaengine@vger.kernel.org" , "willy@linux.intel.com" , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , "mgorman@suse.de" , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , "david@fromorbit.com" To: "Williams, Dan J" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1431542149.31415.10.camel@intel.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 06:35:55PM +0000, Williams, Dan J wrote: > Jens, I'm wondering if you want to take this series(.) as patches or > prepare a git branch to pull? Honestly I don't think it should go anyway. It makes a big mess of a structure without providing a real user for it. Given how we are using the bio_vec for in-kernel page based I/O these days it seems like a very dangerous idea.