From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752693AbeEUOEC (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2018 10:04:02 -0400 Received: from mx3-rdu2.redhat.com ([66.187.233.73]:50624 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752572AbeEUOD6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2018 10:03:58 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 10:03:56 -0400 From: Mike Snitzer To: Kent Overstreet Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk, hch@infradead.org, colyli@suse.de, darrick.wong@oracle.com, clm@fb.com, bacik@fb.com, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, neilb@suse.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] convert block layer to bioset_init()/mempool_init() Message-ID: <20180521140348.GA19069@redhat.com> References: <20180520222558.7053-1-kent.overstreet@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180520222558.7053-1-kent.overstreet@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 20 2018 at 6:25pm -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote: > Jens - this series does the rest of the conversions that Christoph wanted, and > drops bioset_create(). > > Only lightly tested, but the changes are pretty mechanical. Based on your > for-next tree. By switching 'mempool_t *' to 'mempool_t' and 'bio_set *' to 'bio_set' you've altered the alignment of members in data structures. So I'll need to audit all the data structures you've modified in DM. Could we get the backstory on _why_ you're making this change? Would go a long way to helping me appreciate why this is a good use of anyone's time. Thanks, Mike