[dm-devel] [PATCH 14/24] dm cache: use is_write_io() in more places

[Mike Snitzer]

On Fri, Oct 25 2013 at  3:53pm -0400,
Alasdair G Kergon <agk at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 02:30:27PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> > From: Heinz Mauelshagen <heinzm at redhat.com>
>  
> > Use is_write_io() consistently where it is makes sense.
>  
> > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
> 
> > +static bool is_write_io(struct bio *bio)
> > +{
> > +	return bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE;
> > +}
> 
> I'm not really convinced about this one, though I can see some superficial
> attractiveness.  I think introducing it in a single file (rather than
> kernel-wide) is obfuscating the code rather than making it more readable.
> 
> If a change like this were to happen, wouldn't fs.h be a better place?

is_write_io() was already in dm-cache-target.c, this patch just makes
use of it in more applicable places.

But I'm fine with completely eliminating is_write_io()... whatever
others would prefer.