simplify block layer based on immutable biovecs
[RFC PATCH 00/17] simplify block layer based on immutable biovecs https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/12/22/128 This is the first attempt of simplifying block layer based on immutable biovecs. Immutable biovecs, implemented by Kent Overstreet, have been available in mainline since v3.14. Its original goal was actually making generic_make_request() accept arbitrarily sized bios, and pushing the splitting down to the … [Read more…]