Re: [PATCH] blktrace: correct remap names

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:

> > Subject: [PATCH] blktrace: correct remap names
> > 
> > This attempts to clarify names utilized during block I/O remap operations
> > (partition, volume manager). It correctly matches up the /from/ information for both device & sector. This takes in the concept from osaki Motohiro and extends it to include better naming for the "device_from" field.
> > 
> 
> I also noticed this..
> 
> > Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
> > Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
> > Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
> > Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Alan D. Brunelle <alan.brunelle@hp.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/blktrace_api.h |    4 ++--
> >  include/trace/block.h        |    4 ++--
> >  kernel/trace/blktrace.c      |   21 +++++++++++----------
> >  3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
> > index d960889..da1a14e 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
> > @@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ struct blk_io_trace {
> >   * The remap event
> >   */
> >  struct blk_io_trace_remap {
> > -	__be32 device;
> >  	__be32 device_from;
> > -	__be64 sector;
> > +	__be32 device_to;
> > +	__be64 sector_from;
> >  };
> >  
> 
> If we are really fine with this change, then:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>

is it acceptable to break the sector output ordering of all past 
blktrace+blkparse binaries, as far as remap events go?

	Ingo