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Message-ID: <3eaa8992-716d-49cf-91cf-3a1f5796afe1@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:09:09 +0100
From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To: Yu Kuai <yukuai@...as.com>, axboe@...nel.dk, nilay@...ux.ibm.com,
 bvanassche@....org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/8] block: convert nr_requests to unsigned int

On 11/21/25 06:28, Yu Kuai wrote:
> This value represents the number of requests for elevator tags, or drivers
> tags if elevator is none. The max value for elevator tags is 2048, and
> in drivers at most 16 bits is used for tag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai@...as.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> index cb4ba09959ee..cdc68c41fa96 100644
> --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
> +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ struct request_queue {
>   	/*
>   	 * queue settings
>   	 */
> -	unsigned long		nr_requests;	/* Max # of requests */
> +	unsigned int		nr_requests;	/* Max # of requests */
>   
>   #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION
>   	struct blk_crypto_profile *crypto_profile;

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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