Re: [PATCH 15/17] block: kill end_request()

[Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>]

Tejun Heo wrote:
> Impact: kill obsolete interface function
> 
> end_request() has been kept around for backward compatibility;
> however, it seems to be about time for it to go away.
> 
> * There aren't too many users left.
> 
> * Its use of @updtodate is pretty confusing.
> 
> * In some cases, newer code ends up using mixture of end_request() and
>   [__]blk_end_request[_all](), which is way too confusing.
> 
> So, kill it.
> 
> Most conversions are straightforward.  Noteworthy ones are...
> 
> * paride/pcd: next_request() updated to take 0/-errno instead of 1/0.
> 
> * paride/pf: pf_end_request() and next_request() updated to take
>   0/-errno instead of 1/0.
> 
> * xd: xd_readwrite() updated to return 0/-errno instead of 1/0.
> 
> * mtd/mtd_blkdevs: blktrans_discard_request() updated to return
>   0/-errno instead of 1/0.  Unnecessary local variable res
>   initialization removed from mtd_blktrans_thread().

This patch isn't correct.  Will post updated version later.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun