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SubjectRe: [patch][rfc] fs: move bdev code out of buffer.c
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 05:35:43AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Nick Piggin wrote:
> >Move some block device related code out from buffer.c and put it in
> >block_dev.c. I'm trying to move non-buffer_head code out of buffer.c
> >
> >Is this OK?
> >
> >---
> > fs/block_dev.c | 146
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > fs/buffer.c | 145
> > -------------------------------------------
> > include/linux/buffer_head.h | 7 --
> > include/linux/fs.h | 7 ++
> > 4 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-)
>
> If you are going to churn all this old code, maybe the blkdev stuff
> better belongs in block/ dir?

If you have a look at it, it's all dealing with buffercache and
filesystem metadata I think. So I think fs/block_dev.c is the
right place for it.

block/ shouldn't know about filesystems or pagecache.



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