Re: [PATCH 0/6] md: Remove the hash tables from raid0.

[raz ben yehuda <raziebe@gmail.com>]

where are the patches ?

On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 11:30 +0200, Andre Noll wrote:
> As mentioned by Neil, the raid0 hash table code does probably not
> add any value. Moreover, it contains some rather strange sector_t
> manipulations which are needed to setup and maintain the table.
> 
> This patch series against Neil's for-next tree as of yesterday removes
> the hash table from the raid0 code.
> 
> Patch #1 replaces the hash table lookup by a simple function that
> loops over all strip zones to find the zone that holds a given sector.
> This change allows to get rid of the hash table itself (patch #2)
> and of related fields of struct raid0_private_data (patch #3).
> 
> Patch #4 makes raid0 return a proper error code rather than -ENOMEM
> in case the array could not be started for reasons other than memory
> shortage.
> 
> The remaining two patches are simple cleanups that further simplify
> the raid0 code a bit.
> 
> The patched kernel has been tested with a smallish raid0 array
> consisting of five devices of varying sizes (created and filled with
> contents by an unpatched kernel) and seems to work just fine. It
> passes the raid0 tests of the mdadm test suite.
> 
> Please consider for inclusion.
> 
>  drivers/md/raid0.c |  150 ++++++++++++++--------------------------------------
>  drivers/md/raid0.h |    4 --
>  2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)
> 
> Thanks
> Andre