linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] dm-zoned: ensure only power of 2 zone sizes are allowed

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Message-ID: <01349d02-123d-3c49-bd92-8b8b3c645e1c@samsung.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:39:13 +0100
From:   Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@...sung.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
CC:     <axboe@...nel.dk>, <kernel@...kajraghav.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <hare@...e.de>,
        <bvanassche@....org>, <snitzer@...nel.org>, <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
        <damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com>,
        <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        <gost.dev@...sung.com>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] dm-zoned: ensure only power of 2 zone sizes are
 allowed

On 2023-01-10 07:56, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Given that we don't even support the non pow of 2 zones in the block
> layer I don't see why this is needed.  But either way it doesn't really
> seem to fit into this series.

You are right. It is just an extra stop gap, but it is not needed as block
layer does not support pow of 2 anyway! I will remove this patch in the
next version.