linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/9] bio: add bvec

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Message-ID: <40f06650-15bd-a4d0-57d2-f3fba12271c1@suse.de>
Date:   Wed, 5 Apr 2017 08:39:59 +0200
From:   Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:     Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] bio: add bvec_iter rewind API

On 04/04/2017 08:56 PM, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> Some ->bi_end_io handlers (for example: pi_verify or decrypt handlers)
> need to know original data vector, but after bio traverse io-stack it may
> be advanced, splited and relocated many times so it is hard to guess
> original iterator. Let's add 'bi_done' conter which accounts number
> of bytes iterator was advanced during it's evolution. Later end_io handler
> may easily restore original iterator by rewinding iterator to
> iter->bi_done.
> 
> Note: this change makes sizeof (struct bvec_iter) multiple to 8
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/bio.h  | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
>  include/linux/bvec.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>

Cheers,

Hannes
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