Re: [PATCHSET block#for-2.6.29] block: simplify and fix empty barrier

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Fri Dec 12 2008 - 08:29:19 EST


On Fri, Dec 12 2008, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 12 2008, Tejun Heo wrote:
> >> Jens Axboe wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Dec 12 2008, Tejun Heo wrote:
> >>>> Jens, did you have time to review this?
> >>> Sorry yes, I thought I had sent a reply on this already, weird. I
> >>> committed it last week, and it's tested fine here.
> >> Ah... thanks. Next patchset brewing then. :-)
> >
> > Excellent. Are you going forward with the explicit peek/dequeue
> > interface for elv_next_request()? If not, then I'll put some time into
> > that as I think it needs doing soon. But if you are, I'll happily do
> > something else instead.
>
> I'm actually working on that. As you opposed to the original
> proposal, I'm changing the approach, so it would be great if we don't
> collide on the same area.

Ah nice, sounds promising! I wont step on your toes, and it'd be silly
to waste time working on the same bits, so don't worry about that.

--
Jens Axboe

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