linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] fs: Convert kiocb rw

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Date:   Wed, 9 May 2018 09:34:32 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     adam.manzanares@....com
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, bcrl@...ck.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-aio@...ck.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] fs: Convert kiocb rw_hint from enum to u16

On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 10:42:01AM -0700, adam.manzanares@....com wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 760d8da1b6c7..7a90ce387e00 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ enum rw_hint {
>  	WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME	= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME,
>  };
>  
> +#define MAX_KI_HINT		((1 << 16) - 1) /* ki_hint type is u16 */
> +

Do we really think there will be *ever* be a need for more than 16 I/O
priority levels?  I would much rather use the low four bits of KI_HINT
for the priority level, and reserve the rest of the 16 bits in KI_HINT
for some future use.  (For example, we might want to use some number
of bits for a stream ID.)

					- Ted