[dm-devel] dedicated error codes for the block layer V3
Jens Axboe
axboe at kernel.dk
Thu Jun 8 15:42:44 UTC 2017
On 06/03/2017 01:37 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> This series introduces a new blk_status_t error code type for the block
> layer so that we can have tigher control and explicit semantics for
> block layer errors.
>
> All but the last three patches are cleanups that lead to the new type.
>
> The series it mostly limited to the block layer and drivers, and touching
> file systems a little bit. The only major exception is btrfs, which
> does funny things with bios and thus sees a larger amount of propagation
> of the new blk_status_t.
>
> A git tree is also available at:
>
> git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/block.git block-errors
>
> gitweb:
>
> http://git.infradead.org/users/hch/block.git/shortlog/refs/heads/block-errors
>
> Note the the two biggest patches didn't make it to linux-block and
> linux-btrfs last time. If you didn't get them they are available in
> the git tree above. Unfortunately there is no easy way to split them
> up.
Mike, can you take a look at the dm bits in this series? I'd like to get
this queued up, but I'd also greatly prefer if the dm patches had sign
off from your end.
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Jens Axboe
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