linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 2/9] block: Add copy offload support infrastructure

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Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 15:47:40 +0530
From:   Nitesh Shetty <nj.shetty@...sung.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 2/9] block: Add copy offload support infrastructure

On 23/05/29 06:55PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 04:11:33PM +0530, Nitesh Shetty wrote:
>> +		token = alloc_page(gfp_mask);
>
>Why is PAGE_SIZE the right size for 'token'?  That seems quite unlikely.
>I could understand it being SECTOR_SIZE or something that's dependent on
>the device, but I cannot fathom it being dependent on the host' page size.

This has nothing to do with block device at this point, merely a place
holder to store information about copy offload such as src sectors, len.
Token will be typecasted by driver to get copy info.
SECTOR_SIZE also should work in this case, will update in next version.