linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bsg: reduce unnecessary arguments for bsg_map

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Date:   Fri, 11 Aug 2017 00:19:53 +0200
From:   Benjamin Block <bblock@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Steffen Maier <maier@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        open-iscsi@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bsg: reduce unnecessary arguments for
 bsg_map_hdr()

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:35:31AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 04:11:19PM +0200, Benjamin Block wrote:
> > Since struct bsg_command is now used in every calling case, we don't
> > need separation of arguments anymore that are contained in the same
> > bsg_command.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Block <bblock@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  block/bsg.c | 13 ++++++-------
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
> > index 8517361a9b3f..6ee2ffca808a 100644
> > --- a/block/bsg.c
> > +++ b/block/bsg.c
> > @@ -212,11 +212,12 @@ bsg_validate_sgv4_hdr(struct sg_io_v4 *hdr, int *op)
> >   * map sg_io_v4 to a request.
> >   */
> >  static struct request *
> > -bsg_map_hdr(struct bsg_device *bd, struct sg_io_v4 *hdr, fmode_t has_write_perm,
> > -	    u8 *reply_buffer)
> > +bsg_map_hdr(struct bsg_device *bd, struct bsg_command *bc,
> > +	    fmode_t has_write_perm)
> 
> I wish we could just rename the argument to mode and pass on the
> whole file->f_mode while you are cleaning up this code.  That should
> be a separate patch, though.
> 

Hmm, I did a quick pass through the code and the only place this seems
to be used, is to pass it to blk_verify_command() if the subcommand used
in the BSG request is a SCSI Command. And this has the same semantics.
So I guess this would require adjustments to the whole stack, as this is
also used from the 'normal' SG side of the world.



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                                                      - Benjamin Block
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