linux-kernel - Re: can block drivers get non-fs requests?

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Date:	Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:39:35 +0200
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	Alex Dubov <oakad@...oo.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: can block drivers get non-fs requests?

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:42:09 +0200
Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> wrote:

> 
> You should check in the driver whether the request type is supported. So
> if you can only handle fs requests, you should do a check for
> !blk_fs_request() after elv_next_request() and call
> end_(de)queued_request() appropriately.
> 

So killing off the request with -EOPNOTSUPP is preferred over having a
prepare function and stopping it there?

Rgds
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