From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:16:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:16:48 -0500 Received: from to-telus.redhat.com ([207.219.125.105]:32506 "EHLO touchme.toronto.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:15:49 -0500 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:27:13 -0500 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Suparna Bhattacharya Cc: akpm@digeo.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-aio@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Filesystem aio rdwr patchset Message-ID: <20030401152713.B26513@redhat.com> References: <20030401215957.A1800@in.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030401215957.A1800@in.ibm.com>; from suparna@in.ibm.com on Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 09:59:57PM +0530 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 09:59:57PM +0530, Suparna Bhattacharya wrote: > I would really appreciate comments and review feedback > from the perspective of fs developers especially on > the latter 2 patches in terms of whether this seems a > sound approach or if I'm missing something very crucial > (which I just well might be) > Is this easy to do for other filesystems as well ? I disagree with putting the iocb pointer in the task_struct: it feels completely bogus as it modifies semantics behind the scenes without fixing APIs. -ben -- Junk email? aart@kvack.org