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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
Cc: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@redhat.com, vgoyal@redhat.com, mpatocka@redhat.com,
	bharrosh@panasas.com, Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/13] dm: Use bioset's front_pad for dm_rq_clone_bio_info
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:32:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120822183252.GC19212@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1345655050-28199-3-git-send-email-koverstreet@google.com>

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:03:59AM -0700, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> Previously, dm_rq_clone_bio_info needed to be freed by the bio's
> destructor to avoid a memory leak in the blk_rq_prep_clone() error path.
> This gets rid of a memory allocation and means we can kill
> dm_rq_bio_destructor.
> 
> v6: Fix comment on struct dm_rq_clone_bio_info, per Tejun
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
> CC: Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

 Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

It would be nice if dm people can review these patches tho.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2012-08-22 18:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-22 17:03 [PATCH v6 00/13] Block cleanups Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 17:03 ` [PATCH v6 01/13] block: Generalized bio pool freeing Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 21:27   ` Nicholas A. Bellinger
2012-08-22 17:03 ` [PATCH v6 02/13] dm: Use bioset's front_pad for dm_rq_clone_bio_info Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 18:32   ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2012-08-22 21:30   ` Vivek Goyal
2012-08-24  7:14     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-24 18:40       ` Vivek Goyal
2012-08-22 17:04 ` [PATCH v6 03/13] block: Add bio_reset() Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 18:34   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-22 19:51     ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-22 17:04 ` [PATCH v6 04/13] pktcdvd: Switch to bio_kmalloc() Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 19:55   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-28 23:19     ` Jiri Kosina
2012-08-29  4:35       ` Peter Osterlund
2012-09-03 16:15     ` Jiri Kosina
2012-08-22 17:04 ` [PATCH v6 05/13] block: Kill bi_destructor Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 20:00   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-24  5:09     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 17:04 ` [PATCH v6 06/13] block: Consolidate bio_alloc_bioset(), bio_kmalloc() Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 20:17   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-24  5:04     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-24 20:08       ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-22 17:04 ` [PATCH v6 07/13] block: Avoid deadlocks with bio allocation by stacking drivers Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 20:30   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-24  5:55     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-24 20:28       ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-22 17:04 ` [PATCH v6 08/13] block: Add an explicit bio flag for bios that own their bvec Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 17:43   ` Adrian Bunk
2012-08-22 19:22     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 20:00       ` Adrian Bunk
2012-08-28 17:23         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 17:04 ` [PATCH v6 09/13] block: Rename bio_split() -> bio_pair_split() Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 17:04 ` [PATCH v6 10/13] block: Introduce new bio_split() Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 20:46   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-22 17:04 ` [PATCH v6 11/13] block: Rework bio_pair_split() Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 21:04   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-24  2:25     ` Martin K. Petersen
2012-08-24 10:37       ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-24 20:58       ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-24 10:30     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-24 20:53       ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-22 17:04 ` [PATCH v6 12/13] block: Add bio_clone_bioset(), bio_clone_kmalloc() Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 17:13   ` Jeff Garzik
2012-08-22 21:07   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-24  6:24     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-24 20:36       ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-22 17:04 ` [PATCH v6 13/13] block: Only clone bio vecs that are in use Kent Overstreet
2012-08-22 21:10   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-24  7:05     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-24 20:42       ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-23 18:00 ` [PATCH v6 00/13] Block cleanups Vivek Goyal
2012-08-24 12:46   ` Kent Overstreet

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