Re: [PATCH] 2.6.1-rc2 ide barrier support

[Jens Axboe]

On Fri, Jan 09 2004, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> 
> > +	char		special_buf[8];	/* private command buffer */
> 
> Why not put that in struct drive instead ? You must be a bit more
> careful on the lifetime, but it's less bloat, there are much less
> instances of struct drive than struct request :)

Hmm? It _is_ in struct drive :-). It could be put in hwgroup actually,
but I felt it was cleaner in drive (and easier to manage).

-- 
Jens Axboe

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