linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] block: add request->io_data

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Message-ID: <20200413140206.GC60335@mtj.duckdns.org>
Date:   Mon, 13 Apr 2020 10:02:06 -0400
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>
Cc:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>, axboe@...nel.dk,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        newella@...com, josef@...icpanda.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] block: add request->io_data_len

Hello,

On Thu, Apr 09, 2020 at 08:08:59AM +0300, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
> struct request already has such field (see @stats_sectors) because of the same
> root-cause. I'd prefer killing it as well by following Ming's way, but otherwise
> it could be easily adopted.

Oh, I completely missed that field. Lemme just use that one instead. Please
disregard this patch. As for killing partial completions, while I'm not
necessarily against it, it isn't a no brainer either.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun