linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/23] md/md-bitmap: add a new method skip_sync_blocks() in bitmap

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Message-ID: <1fafc497-1ed7-4016-9fa2-ae82d48aa778@suse.de>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 08:14:59 +0200
From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>, hch@....de, xni@...hat.com,
 colyli@...nel.org, song@...nel.org, yukuai3@...wei.com
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, yi.zhang@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com,
 johnny.chenyi@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/23] md/md-bitmap: add a new method skip_sync_blocks()
 in bitmap_operations

On 5/24/25 08:13, Yu Kuai wrote:
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> 
> This method is used to check if blocks can be skipped before calling
> into pers->sync_request(), llbiltmap will use this method to skip
> resync for unwritten/clean data blocks, and recovery/check/repair for
> unwritten data blocks;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>   drivers/md/md-bitmap.h | 1 +
>   drivers/md/md.c        | 7 +++++++
>   2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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