Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Steven Cole <> | | Subject | Re: Possible patch for reiserfs-3.6.22 against 2.4.0-test12 | | Date | Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:18:01 -0700 |
Adam Sampson wrote: >The latest reiserfs patch on ftp.namesys.com causes compilation errors >against test12 due to the task queue changes. Does this look correct? [patch snipped] > >It does at least compile with these changes, but I haven't yet tested >it. Looking at run_task_queue, it would appear that the while() is now >redundant, but could someone who knows confirm/deny this?
Chris Mason is working on this. In an earlier exchange on reiserfs-list:
Chris Mason wrote: >I'll try to hack out a patch while I'm waiting, but the task struct changes >are the least of our problems. They've changed ll_rw_block to always set >the end_io handler to the default one. Since the journal code relies on >being able to use its own end_io handler, this isn't good for us. There is >a new func we need to use instead, so I'm migrating over. > >Thew new stuff should be faster, so I won't complain ;-)
Your patch will probably let journal.c get compiled, but it might be dangerous to use considering what Chris said.
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