Linus,
the new submit_bh function provides functionality that is better
suited for brw_kiovec to use than generic_make_request.
This patch replaced generic_make_request with submit_bh in
brw_kiovec and removed some field initialisation which is no longer
required.
patch against 2.4.0-test12-pre8
NeilBrown
--- ./fs/buffer.c 2000/12/10 23:51:16 1.1
+++ ./fs/buffer.c 2000/12/10 23:55:35 1.2
@@ -2040,7 +2040,6 @@
int pageind;
int bhind;
int offset;
- int sectors = size>>9;
unsigned long blocknr;
struct kiobuf * iobuf = NULL;
struct page * map;
@@ -2092,9 +2091,8 @@
tmp->b_this_page = tmp;
init_buffer(tmp, end_buffer_io_kiobuf, iobuf);
- tmp->b_rdev = tmp->b_dev = dev;
+ tmp->b_dev = dev;
tmp->b_blocknr = blocknr;
- tmp->b_rsector = blocknr*sectors;
tmp->b_state = (1 << BH_Mapped) | (1 << BH_Lock) | (1
<< BH_Req);
if (rw == WRITE) {
@@ -2108,7 +2106,7 @@
atomic_inc(&iobuf->io_count);
- generic_make_request(rw, tmp);
+ submit_bh(rw, tmp);
/*
* Wait for IO if we have got too much
*/
-
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