[PATCH 2/9] xfs: convert internal buffer functions to pass maps

Dave Chinner david at fromorbit.com
Wed Jun 20 00:56:19 CDT 2012


On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:11:53PM -0500, Ben Myers wrote:
> Hey Christoph,
> 
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 01:03:05PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:59:46AM -0500, Ben Myers wrote:
> > > How long before the inode allocator redo?  Maybe it would be best if Dave's
> > > buffer cache changes are rebased not to depend upon the inode allocator
> > > changes?
> > 
> > I'll need some time to get back to it.  I'd rather like to get the
> > buffer changes in ASAP as a lot of work depends on them.
> 
> In that case I think we'll be able to get the buffer changes in more quickly if
> they are rebased not to require the inode allocator patchset.  I think that Jan
> is also going to repost his 'Fix overallocation in xfs_buf_allocate_memory()'
> based upon Dave's suggestions.  It's best not to depend upon that either.  What
> do you say, Dave?

I reorder my local patch set and repost it after running it through
some testing....

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david at fromorbit.com



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