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: <491de6df-9b9b-3152-c2ca-1bc3a0ac8b68@huaweicloud.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 14:32:28 +0800
From: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
Cc: xni@...hat.com, colyli@...nel.org, agk@...hat.com, snitzer@...nel.org,
 mpatocka@...hat.com, song@...nel.org, 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,
 "yukuai (C)" <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC md-6.16 v3 06/19] md: add a new parameter 'offset' to
 md_super_write()

Hi,

在 2025/05/12 12:55, Christoph Hellwig 写道:
> 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?

Ok, how about md_write_metadata()?

Thanks,
Kuai

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