From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43086C4321A for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:14:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10B7D208C4 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:14:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=oracle.com header.i=@oracle.com header.b="H2685615" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727158AbfF1UOT (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:14:19 -0400 Received: from userp2130.oracle.com ([156.151.31.86]:41788 "EHLO userp2130.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727079AbfF1UOT (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:14:19 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (userp2130.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by userp2130.oracle.com (8.16.0.27/8.16.0.27) with SMTP id x5SKEBvX179436; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:14:11 GMT DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=oracle.com; h=to : cc : subject : from : references : date : in-reply-to : message-id : mime-version : content-type; s=corp-2018-07-02; bh=fo9gm9gNaLtybFCkr0EGltBmAf9C9aJIyNOApyVZDDg=; b=H2685615gVOJpoBNFKcpAprsQIQESjJQ38ELqG5Ony9GcYX0GX3z0Ox5V8MDfKuxEmmK yVdsMRcc61iiHakMBPJF5PZW5zIvukPhjImovb685T9YozGMYpTzIionuCemYtgmem5U ZPPyqdNzs2sfllOdICyH4law+3brdGnoy90zi8PaW9fjumwpGcmLEsKF6ejayNazBLFM LJzA8A52r/ybfuxc5znafDhCc3tj4ClT/2I5eb5qBB3Rlfl+XS3CzoGx+AA3XXJbmlwL ekR19J/8HXeo/YwhHvTXNvHIFO6u05MYagU2pWe7gPh6gBLgNNns0R0W7qTLQPW3ccz2 Jg== Received: from aserp3030.oracle.com (aserp3030.oracle.com [141.146.126.71]) by userp2130.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2t9brtqdtj-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:14:11 +0000 Received: from pps.filterd (aserp3030.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by aserp3030.oracle.com (8.16.0.27/8.16.0.27) with SMTP id x5SKDd5o102165; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:14:10 GMT Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by aserp3030.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2t9ace0p5x-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:14:10 +0000 Received: from abhmp0013.oracle.com (abhmp0013.oracle.com [141.146.116.19]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id x5SKE9Fb024885; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:14:09 GMT Received: from ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com (/10.159.214.123) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:14:09 -0700 To: Bart Van Assche Cc: Jens Axboe , linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig , "Martin K . Petersen" Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] block, documentation: Explain the word 'segments' From: "Martin K. Petersen" Organization: Oracle References: <20190628200745.206110-1-bvanassche@acm.org> <20190628200745.206110-4-bvanassche@acm.org> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:14:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20190628200745.206110-4-bvanassche@acm.org> (Bart Van Assche's message of "Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:07:44 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9302 signatures=668688 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=841 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1810050000 definitions=main-1906280231 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9302 signatures=668688 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=896 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1810050000 definitions=main-1906280231 Sender: linux-block-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org Bart, > Several block layer users who are not kernel developers do not know > that the word 'segment' refers to an element in a DMA scatter/gather > list. Make the block layer documentation easier to understand by > stating explicitly what the word 'segment' stands for. I don't have a problem clarifying the documentation. But the sysfs knobs have a "segment" suffix so for better or for worse it is part of the block layer lingo. Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering