[dm-devel] [PATCH v6 12/13] block: Add bio_clone_bioset(), bio_clone_kmalloc()

[Jeff Garzik]

On 08/22/2012 01:04 PM, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> Previously, there was bio_clone() but it only allocated from the fs bio
> set; as a result various users were open coding it and using
> __bio_clone().
>
> This changes bio_clone() to become bio_clone_bioset(), and then we add
> bio_clone() and bio_clone_kmalloc() as wrappers around it, making use of
> the functionality the last patch adedd.
>
> This will also help in a later patch changing how bio cloning works.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet at google.com>
> CC: Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk>
> CC: NeilBrown <neilb at suse.de>
> CC: Alasdair Kergon <agk at redhat.com>
> CC: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh at panasas.com>
> CC: Jeff Garzik <jeff at garzik.org>
> ---
>   block/blk-core.c       |  8 +-------
>   drivers/block/osdblk.c |  3 +--
>   drivers/md/dm.c        |  4 ++--
>   drivers/md/md.c        | 20 +-------------------
>   fs/bio.c               | 13 ++++++++-----
>   fs/exofs/ore.c         |  5 ++---
>   include/linux/bio.h    | 17 ++++++++++++++---
>   7 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at redhat.com>