From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:13:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.168.28]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m8J9DtnG009107 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:13:57 -0700 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id B450891DF7F for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:15:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [18.85.46.34]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id WvE1PMwCaPcX5MoH for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:15:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:15:26 -0400 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] XFS: Allocate the struct xfs_ail Message-ID: <20080919091526.GA11443@infradead.org> References: <1221317877-8333-1-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com> <1221317877-8333-2-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1221317877-8333-2-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com> Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Dave Chinner Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 12:57:50AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote: > Rather than embedding the struct xfs_ail in the struct xfs_mount, > allocate it during AIL initialisation. Add a back pointer to > the struct xfs_ail so that we can pass around the xfs_ail > and still be able to access the xfs_mount if need be. This > is th first step involved in isolating the AIL implementation > from the surrounding filesystem code. Makes sense.