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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	Rui Salvaterra <rsalvaterra@gmail.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>,
	Xiao Ni <xni@redhat.com>,
	Mariusz Dabrowski <mariusz.dabrowski@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] block: make sure discard bio is aligned with logical block size
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 16:49:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181028154947.GB3061@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181028005130.GA26731@ming.t460p>

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 08:51:31AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 09:44:15AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > >  		if (req_sects > UINT_MAX >> 9)
> > > -			req_sects = UINT_MAX >> 9;
> > > +			req_sects = (UINT_MAX >> 9) & ~bs_mask;
> > 
> > Given that we have this same thing duplicated in write zeroes
> > what about a documented helper?
> 
> IMO, using UINT_MAX & bs_mask is better because it is self-explanatory
> in the context.

I don't think it is in any way.  I understand it because I know the
code, but there is nothing that documents why we do that.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-10-28 15:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-26  6:24 [PATCH 0/3] block: make sure discard/writesame bio is aligned with logical block size Ming Lei
2018-10-26  6:24 ` [PATCH 1/3] block: make sure discard " Ming Lei
2018-10-26  7:44   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-10-28  0:51     ` Ming Lei
2018-10-28 15:49       ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2018-10-29  2:42         ` Ming Lei
2018-10-26  6:24 ` [PATCH 2/3] block: cleanup __blkdev_issue_discard() Ming Lei
2018-10-26  7:45   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-10-26  6:24 ` [PATCH 3/3] block: make sure writesame bio is aligned with logical block size Ming Lei

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