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Date:   Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:35:45 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/14] blk-mq: allow software queue to map to multiple
 hardware queues

On 10/29/18 11:34 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-10-29 at 10:37 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> The mapping used to be dependent on just the CPU location, but
>> now it's a tuple of { type, cpu} instead. This is a prep patch
>> for allowing a single software queue to map to multiple hardware
>> queues. No functional changes in this patch.
> 
> A nitpick: mathematicians usually use the { } notation for sets and () for
> tuples. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple.

Alright :-)

>> +		/* wrap */
>> +		BUG_ON(!hctx->nr_ctx);
> 
> Another nitpick: how about changing the "wrap" comment into "detect integer
> overflow" or so to make the purpose of the BUG_ON() statement more clear?

Sure, I'll improve that one too.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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