From: Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>
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Subject: Re: Possible patch for reiserfs-3.6.22 against 2.4.0-test12
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:18:01 -0700
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Adam Sampson wrote:
>The latest reiserfs patch on ftp.namesys.com causes compilation errors
>against test12 due to the task queue changes. Does this look correct?
[patch snipped]
> 
>It does at least compile with these changes, but I haven't yet tested
>it. Looking at run_task_queue, it would appear that the while() is now
>redundant, but could someone who knows confirm/deny this?

Chris Mason is working on this.  In an earlier exchange on reiserfs-list:

Chris Mason wrote:
>I'll try to hack out a patch while I'm waiting, but the task struct changes
>are the least of our problems. ?They've changed ll_rw_block to always set
>the end_io handler to the default one. ?Since the journal code relies on
>being able to use its own end_io handler, this isn't good for us. ?There is
>a new func we need to use instead, so I'm migrating over.
>
>Thew new stuff should be faster, so I won't complain ;-)

Your patch will probably let journal.c get compiled, but it might be dangerous
to use considering what Chris said.

Steven
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