Bug 70623

Summary: kiobuf->map_array has dissapeared from kernel 2.4.18-5
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Peter W <shark28_6>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Peter W 2002-08-02 21:46:15 UTC
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Description of problem:
The file /usr/src/linux-2.4/include/linux/iobuf.h has been changed between
2.4.18-3 and 2.4.18-5 and one of the members of the struct kiobuf (map_array)
has been removed (look at both files near line 53).  Since it hasn't been
removed from the linux 2.4.19 I assume this was a mistake.  It has also been
removed from linux-2.4/fs/iobuf.c.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install RedHat 7.3.
2.Use up2date to upgrade to kernel 2.4.18-5 (from default 2.4.18-3).
3.Notice that "map_array" is gone from
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-5/include/linux/iobuf.h. (it *was* in corresponding
2.4.18-3 file).
	

Actual Results:  map_array is gone.

Expected Results:  map_array should not be gone. 

Additional info:

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2002-08-03 09:15:59 UTC
the recoding of the kiobuff is actually a performance enhancement (the kiobufs
become leaner and use less memory/cache)