On Sun, Feb 17 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Commit b2e895dbd80c420bfc0937c3729b4afe073b3848 #if 0'ed this code stating: > > <-- snip --> > > [PATCH] revert blockdev direct io back to 2.6.19 version > > Andrew Vasquez is reporting as-iosched oopses and a 65% throughput > slowdown due to the recent special-casing of direct-io against > blockdevs. We don't know why either of these things are occurring. > > The patch minimally reverts us back to the 2.6.19 code for a 2.6.20 > release. > > <-- snip --> > > It has since been dead code, and unless someone wants to revive it now > it's time to remove it. > > This patch also makes bio_release_pages() static again and removes the > ki_bio_count member from struct kiocb, reverting changes that had been > done for this dead code.
I agree with this, if it's been sitting like that for a long time, might as well just kill it. I've merged your patch, if no one complains it'll go in during 2.6.25. -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
