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Subject[PATCH] Documentation: remove reference to ll_rw_blk.c and moved drivers/block/elevator.c
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The drivers/block/ll_rw_block.c has been split and organized in the block/ 
directory, and also drivers/block/elevator.c has been moved to the block/
directory. Update Documentation/block/biodoc.txt accordingly

Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>

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diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
index 4dbb8be..3c5434c 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ I/O scheduler, a.k.a. elevator, is implemented in two
layers. Generic dispatch
queue and specific I/O schedulers. Unless stated otherwise, elevator is used
to refer to both parts and I/O scheduler to specific I/O schedulers.

-Block layer implements generic dispatch queue in ll_rw_blk.c and elevator.c.
+Block layer implements generic dispatch queue in block/*.c.
The generic dispatch queue is responsible for properly ordering barrier
requests, requeueing, handling non-fs requests and all other subtleties.

@@ -926,8 +926,8 @@ be built inside the kernel. Each queue can choose
different one and can also
change to another one dynamically.

A block layer call to the i/o scheduler follows the convention elv_xxx().
This
-calls elevator_xxx_fn in the elevator switch (drivers/block/elevator.c). Oh,
-xxx and xxx might not match exactly, but use your imagination. If an elevator
+calls elevator_xxx_fn in the elevator switch (block/elevator.c). Oh, xxx
+and xxx might not match exactly, but use your imagination. If an elevator
doesn't implement a function, the switch does nothing or some minimal house
keeping work.



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