Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752004AbZG3Use (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:48:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751745AbZG3Usd (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:48:33 -0400 Received: from mgw2.diku.dk ([130.225.96.92]:43164 "EHLO mgw2.diku.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751629AbZG3Usc (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:48:32 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:48:31 +0200 (CEST) From: Nicolas Palix To: Greg KH Cc: hjanssen@microsoft.com, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: hv: Replace typedef SG_BUFFER_LIST by struct scatterlist In-Reply-To: <20090730195229.GB27953@suse.de> Message-ID: References: <200907301737.23849.npalix@diku.dk> <20090730155844.GB20557@suse.de> <20090730195229.GB27953@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1379 Lines: 47 On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 08:35:08PM +0200, Nicolas Palix wrote: >> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Greg KH wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 05:37:23PM +0200, Nicolas Palix wrote: >>>> >>>> typedef SG_BUFFER_LIST is removed and its uses are replaced by the use of >>>> struct scatterlist. >>> >>> Sweet! thanks for doing this, very nice job, I'll go queue it up. >> >> I tried to change the RingBuffer too but I did not know >> which API I should use. >> The ring buffer in kernel/trace seems fine but it has some >> dedicated features. >> >> Any hint? >> Of which infrastructure are you thinking in your previous mail? > > I was thinking of include/linux/ring_buffer.h > > Does that not work for you? It is perfect. As its implementation is in kernel/trace and not in lib as scatterlist, I just wanted to be sure before spending time on a patch. :) thanks. Nico > > thanks, > > greg k-h > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- 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/