Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.21

["Bharata B Rao" <bharata.rao@gmail.com>]

Andrew,

On 2/9/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> fsaio-add-a-wait-queue-arg-to-the-wait_bit-action-routine.patch
> fsaio-add-a-wait-queue-arg-to-the-wait_bit-action-routine-gfs2-fix.patch
> fsaio-rename-__lock_page-to-lock_page_blocking.patch
> fsaio-interfaces-to-initialize-and-to-test-a-wait-bit-key.patch
> fsaio-add-a-default-io-wait-bit-field-in-task-struct.patch
> fsaio-enable-wait-bit-based-filtered-wakeups-to-work-for-aio.patch
> fsaio-enable-wait-bit-based-filtered-wakeups-to-work-for-aio-fix.patch
> fsaio-enable-wait-bit-based-filtered-wakeups-to-work-for-aio-fix-sparse-fix.patch
> fsaio-enable-asynchronous-wait-page-and-lock-page.patch
> fsaio-filesystem-aio-read.patch
> fsaio-aio-o_sync-filesystem-write.patch
>
>  Will wait to see what happens with febrils.
>
> aio-is-unlikely.patch
>
>  Will merge.
>
> rework-compat_sys_io_submit.patch
> fix-aioh-includes.patch
> fix-access_ok-checks.patch
> make-good_sigevent-non-static.patch
> make-good_sigevent-non-static-fix.patch
> make-__sigqueue_free-and.patch
> aio-completion-signal-notification.patch
> aio-completion-signal-notification-fix.patch
> aio-completion-signal-notification-fixes-and-cleanups.patch
> aio-completion-signal-notification-small-cleanup.patch
> add-listio-syscall-support.patch
>
>  I guess these are dependent upon fsaio.

No. AIO completion signal notification patches and listio patch work
independently of fsaio patches. Just that for buffered AIO case, the
fsaio patches will make the behaviour truly asynchronous.

Regards,
Bharata.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/