linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/8] Use RWF_* flags for AIO operations

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Message-ID: <20170511074035.GA15626@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 11 May 2017 00:40:35 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@...e.de>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.com, hch@...radead.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        sagi@...mberg.me, avi@...lladb.com, axboe@...nel.dk,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, willy@...radead.org,
        tom.leiming@...il.com, Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] Use RWF_* flags for AIO operations

Please add subsystem prefixes to your subject lines, e.g.

fs:

for all the generic fs ones,

xfs:

for XFS,

block:

for block layer changes, etc.

>  
> -	if (flags & ~(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC))
> -		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> -
>  	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
> -	if (flags & RWF_HIPRI)
> -		kiocb.ki_flags |= IOCB_HIPRI;
> -	if (flags & RWF_DSYNC)
> -		kiocb.ki_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
> -	if (flags & RWF_SYNC)
> -		kiocb.ki_flags |= (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC);
> +	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(&kiocb, flags);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;

And please split factoring out kiocb_set_rw_flags into a separate
prep patch.

Otherwise these changes look fine:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>