linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC md-6.16 v3 06/19] md: add a new parameter 'offset' to md_super

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Message-ID: <20250512045511.GF868@lst.de>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 06:55:11 +0200
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
Cc: hch@....de, xni@...hat.com, colyli@...nel.org, agk@...hat.com,
	snitzer@...nel.org, mpatocka@...hat.com, song@...nel.org,
	yukuai3@...wei.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@...ts.linux.dev, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	yi.zhang@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com, johnny.chenyi@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC md-6.16 v3 06/19] md: add a new parameter 'offset'
 to md_super_write()

On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 09:19:14AM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> 
> The parameter is always set to 0 for now, following patches will use
> this helper to write llbitmap to underlying disks, allow writing
> dirty sectors instead of the whole page.

Givne that there is nothing super-block specific in md_super_write,
maybe use the chance to rename it?