linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] fs: add an enum for number of life time hints

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Message-ID: <20250901105128.14987-2-hans.holmberg@wdc.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 10:52:04 +0000
From: Hans Holmberg <Hans.Holmberg@....com>
To: "linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>
CC: Carlos Maiolino <cem@...nel.org>, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	"Darrick J . Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>, hch <hch@....de>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Hans Holmberg
	<Hans.Holmberg@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fs: add an enum for number of life time hints

Add WRITE_LIFE_HINT_NR into the rw_hint enum to define the number of
values write life time hints can be set to. This is useful for e.g.
file systems which may want to map these values to allocation groups.

Signed-off-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@....com>
---
 include/linux/rw_hint.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/rw_hint.h b/include/linux/rw_hint.h
index 309ca72f2dfb..adcc43042c90 100644
--- a/include/linux/rw_hint.h
+++ b/include/linux/rw_hint.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ enum rw_hint {
 	WRITE_LIFE_MEDIUM	= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_MEDIUM,
 	WRITE_LIFE_LONG		= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_LONG,
 	WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME	= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME,
+	WRITE_LIFE_HINT_NR,
 } __packed;
 
 /* Sparse ignores __packed annotations on enums, hence the #ifndef below. */
-- 
2.34.1