Re: [patch][rfc] fs: move bdev code out of buffer.c

Re: [patch][rfc] fs: move bdev code out of buffer.c

[Jeff Garzik]

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?

	Jeff

Re: [patch][rfc] fs: move bdev code out of buffer.c

[Nick Piggin]

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.

Re: [patch][rfc] fs: move bdev code out of buffer.c

[Al Viro]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:53:38AM +0100, Nick Piggin wrote:

> 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.

There are bits of fs/block_dev.c that belong in block/*; not all of
it, though.

Re: [patch][rfc] fs: move bdev code out of buffer.c

[Al Viro]

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?

Some of it...  BTW, so does fs/partitions/* stuff.  I'll resurrect the
patch taking that crap over to block/*.