linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] blkdev.h: Introduce size_to

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Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 07:52:15 -0300
From:   Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@...il.com>
To:     "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>,
        Omar Sandoval <osandov@...com>, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>,
        Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@....com>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        Greg Edwards <gedwards@....com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] blkdev.h: Introduce size_to_sectors hlper function

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:50:32PM -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> 
> Hi Marco,
> 
> > +static inline sector_t size_to_sectors(long long size)
> > +{
> > +	return size >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
> > +}
> > +
> 
> FWIW, in SCSI we have:
> 
> 	logical_to_sectors()
>         logical_to_bytes()
>         bytes_to_logical()
>         sectors_to_logical()
> 
> I'm not attached to "bytes" in any way but it would be nice to be
> consistent.
> 

Thanks for the suggestion. I will send a new version using "bytes_to_sectors"
instead.

> -- 
> Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering

-- 
Thanks,
Marcos