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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Cc: michaelc@cs.wisc.edu, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
	target-devel@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org,
	axboe@kernel.dk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] block: add function to issue compare and write
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 08:16:39 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141018151639.GF30355@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yq1egu62rnm.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net>

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 07:38:37PM -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> The problem with this is that, as it stands, a bio has no type. And it
> would suck if we couldn't keep bio rw and request flags in sync.
> 
> I wonder if it would make more sense to move the remaining rq types to
> cmd_flags after I'm done with the 64-bit conversion?

I'd prefer adding a cmd_type to the bio as well and avoid the 64-bit
flag conversion.  While we'll probably grow more types of I/Os (e.g.
copy offload) I hope we can actually reduce the number of real flags,
and it's easier to read for sure if we can switch on the command type
in the driver.


  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-18 15:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-16  5:37 [PATCH 0/5] block/scsi/lio support for COMPARE_AND_WRITE michaelc
2014-10-16  5:37 ` [PATCH 1/5] block: set the nr of sectors a dev can compare and write atomically michaelc
2014-10-16  5:37 ` [PATCH 2/5] block: add function to issue compare and write michaelc
2014-10-17  9:55   ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-10-17 23:38     ` Martin K. Petersen
2014-10-18 15:16       ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2014-10-16  5:37 ` [PATCH 3/5] scsi: add support for COMPARE_AND_WRITE michaelc
2014-12-18  0:23   ` Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2014-10-16  5:37 ` [PATCH 4/5] lio: use REQ_COMPARE_AND_WRITE if supported michaelc
2014-10-16  5:37 ` [PATCH 5/5] lio iblock: add support for REQ_CMP_AND_WRITE michaelc
2014-10-16 10:39 ` [PATCH 0/5] block/scsi/lio support for COMPARE_AND_WRITE Douglas Gilbert
2014-10-16 20:01   ` Douglas Gilbert
2014-10-16 20:12     ` Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2014-10-17  6:02     ` Hannes Reinecke
2014-10-18  8:11 ` Bart Van Assche
2014-10-18 20:32   ` Mike Christie
2014-10-20  7:18     ` Sagi Grimberg

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