[dm-devel] Re: [patch] [2.6.12-rc6-mm1] Handle READA requests in dm-mpath.c

[Lars Marowsky-Bree]

On 2005-06-08T04:33:47, Andrew Morton <akpm at osdl.org> wrote:

> Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb at suse.de> wrote:
> >
> > READA errors failing with EWOULDBLOCK/EAGAIN do not constitute a valid
> > reason for failing the path; this lead to erratic errors on DM multipath
> > devices. This error can be safely propagated upwards without failing the
> > path.
> > 
> 
> Why do you describe this as a -mm patch?  We want this in 2.6.12, no?

Uhm, right. I just diff'ed it against -mm out of habit, I guess, because
I also assumed you were the fastest path to Linus ;-)


Sincerely,
    Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb at suse.de>

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