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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/6] block: Introduce REQ_ALLOCATE flag for
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 03:28:19 -0700
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 04:08:58PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
> I just don't understand the reason nothing happens :(
> I see newly-sent patches comes fast into block tree.
> But there is only silence... I grepped over Documentation,
> and there is no special rules about block tree. So,
> it looks like standard rules should be applyable.
> 
> Some comments? Some requests for reworking? Some personal reasons to ignore my patches?

I'm still completely opposed to the magic overloading using a flag.
That is just a bad design waiting for trouble to happen.