Re: [PATCH for-next 3/4] io_uring: grow a field in struct io_uring_cmd

Jens Axboe
2022-07-11T17:18:54Z

On 7/11/22 5:01 AM, Kanchan Joshi wrote:
> Use the leftover space to carve 'next' field that enables linking of
> io_uring_cmd structs. Also introduce a list head and few helpers.
>
> This is in preparation to support nvme-mulitpath, allowing multiple
> uring passthrough commands to be queued.

It's not clear to me why we need linking at that level?

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Jens Axboe