linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH block v2 1/3] block: Add @flags argument to bdev_write_zeroes

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Date:   Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:45:21 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, axboe@...nel.dk, tytso@....edu,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH block v2 1/3] block: Add @flags argument to bdev_write_zeroes_sectors()


Kirill,

> This is a preparation for next patch, which introduces a new flag
> BLKDEV_ZERO_ALLOCATE for calls, which need only allocation of blocks
> and don't need actual blocks zeroing.

Path of least resistance, I guess.

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering