[dm-devel] dedicated error codes for the block layer V3

[Mike Snitzer]

On Thu, Jun 08 2017 at 11:42am -0400,
Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk> wrote:

> 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.

Will do.  I'll have a look by the end of the week.