Re: [PATCH 0/5] Updates following recent generic_make_request improvement

Jens Axboe
2017-03-11T22:32:35Z

On 03/09/2017 11:00 PM, NeilBrown wrote:
> This is a rebase of the series I sent earlier, based on the
> very latest from Linus, which included my first patch.
>
> The first fixes a problem that patch introduced, and so should go to
> Linux promptly.
> The others are more general improvements and can go in the normal
> course of events.
>
> It is possible that the changes to btrfs and xfs can just be dropped
> as a subsequent patch will be needed to revert them anyway. They are
> there only to be able to say that "blk: make the bioset
> rescue_workqueue optional." doesn't change any functionality at all.

I have applied the first patch for this series, and added the Fixes
tag. We'll let the rest simmer a bit, then aim for 4.12 for those.

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Jens Axboe