Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.21

[Sébastien Dugué <sebastien.dugue@bull.net>]

On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 11:02:28 +0530 "Bharata B Rao" <bharata.rao@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

  I concur.

  Thanks,

  Sébastien.

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