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From: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-aio@kvack.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] aio: add iocb->ki_blk_qc field
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:59:21 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181119015921.GQ6311@dastard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181117235317.7366-4-axboe@kernel.dk>

On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 04:53:15PM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Add the field and have the blockdev direct_IO() helpers set it.
> This is in preparation for being able to poll for iocb completion.

What purpose does this field serve?

And why add it to just blockdev direct_IO and not the other direct
IO paths, too?

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com

  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-19 12:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-17 23:53 [PATCHSET 0/5] Support for polled aio Jens Axboe
2018-11-17 23:53 ` [PATCH 1/5] aio: use assigned completion handler Jens Axboe
2018-11-19  8:06   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-11-17 23:53 ` [PATCH 2/5] aio: fix failure to put the file pointer Jens Axboe
2018-11-19  8:07   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-11-19 15:39     ` Jens Axboe
2018-11-17 23:53 ` [PATCH 3/5] aio: add iocb->ki_blk_qc field Jens Axboe
2018-11-19  1:59   ` Dave Chinner [this message]
2018-11-19  2:59     ` Jens Axboe
2018-11-17 23:53 ` [PATCH 4/5] aio: support for IO polling Jens Axboe
2018-11-19  8:11   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-11-19 13:32     ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-11-19 16:07       ` Jens Axboe
2018-11-17 23:53 ` [PATCH 5/5] aio: add support for file based polled IO Jens Axboe
2018-11-19  1:57   ` Dave Chinner
2018-11-19  2:58     ` Jens Axboe
2018-11-19  8:12   ` Christoph Hellwig

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