Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Sep 2012 13:13:46 -0700 | From | Kent Overstreet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 3/9] block: Add bio_reset() |
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 07:23:05PM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 03:17:15PM -0700, Kent Overstreet wrote: > > I still think they should be symmetrical, but if that's true bi_ioc and > > bi_css need to be moved, and also bio_disassociate_task() should be > > getting called from bio_free(), not bio_put(). > > > > Were you the one that added that call? I know you've been working on > > that area of the code recently. Sticking it in bio_put() instead of > > bio_free() seems odd to be, and they're completely equivalent now that > > bio_free() is only called from bio_put() (save one instance I should > > probably fix). > > Maybe I botched symmetry but anyways I *suspect* it probably would be > better to keep css association across bio_reset() give the current > usages of both mechanisms. css association indicates the ownership of > the bio which isn't likely to change while recycling the bio.
Thought about it more and while you're right that css association isn't likely to change, it'd just be a needless difference. bio_reset() should be as close to a bio_free()/bio_alloc() as possible, IMO.
Fixed my patches to do it right, though.
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