linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/17] block: make generic_make

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Date:	Sat, 27 Dec 2014 07:02:07 -0800
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Dongsu Park <dongsu.park@...fitbricks.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>,
	Ming Lin <mlin@...ggr.net>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
	drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>, Jim Paris <jim@...n.com>,
	Joshua Morris <josh.h.morris@...ibm.com>,
	Philip Kelleher <pjk1939@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>,
	Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/17] block: make generic_make_request handle
 arbitrarily sized bios

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:41:40PM +0100, Dongsu Park wrote:
> You mean, checking rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC, right?
> 
> I'm wondering about how to check that in blk_queue_split().
> At the moment when blk_queue_split() is called, it's even before a request
> is mapped e.g. in blk_sq_make_request().
> Unlike scsi drivers where it's easy to get cmd->rq, blk_queue_split()
> doesn't seem to be able to get a request by blk_get_request().
> 
> Or am I missing something?

You're probably missing what I didn't notice either: BLOCK_PC requests
are never sent through ->make_request.  Consider my comment withdrawn
and sorry for the confusion.
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