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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com>
Cc: Keith Busch <kbusch@fb.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	axboe@kernel.dk, Kernel Team <Kernel-team@fb.com>,
	hch@lst.de, bvanassche@acm.org, ebiggers@kernel.org,
	pankydev8@gmail.com, Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 5/9] block: add a helper function for dio alignment
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 08:22:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220531062227.GB21098@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fb8bd4ec-10bf-3a8a-dbb9-cdd4aeec7ebe@opensource.wdc.com>

On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 10:54:02AM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> Nit: The name of this helper really suggest a bool return, which would be a more
> flexible interface I think:
> 
> 	if (!blkdev_dio_aligned(bdev, pos, iter))
> 		return -EINVAL; <-- or whatever error code the caller wants.
> 
> And that will allow you to get rid of the ret variable in a least
> __blkdev_direct_IO_async.

I agree, a bool return looks more natural here.

Otherwise this looks good to me.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-31  6:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-26  1:06 [PATCHv4 0/9] direct io dma alignment Keith Busch
2022-05-26  1:06 ` [PATCHv4 1/9] block: fix infiniate loop for invalid zone append Keith Busch
2022-05-26  1:48   ` Damien Le Moal
2022-05-31  6:19   ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-05-26  1:06 ` [PATCHv4 2/9] block/bio: remove duplicate append pages code Keith Busch
2022-05-26  1:06 ` [PATCHv4 3/9] block: export dma_alignment attribute Keith Busch
2022-05-26  7:30   ` Eric Biggers
2022-05-26  1:06 ` [PATCHv4 4/9] block: introduce bdev_dma_alignment helper Keith Busch
2022-05-26  1:06 ` [PATCHv4 5/9] block: add a helper function for dio alignment Keith Busch
2022-05-26  1:54   ` Damien Le Moal
2022-05-31  6:22     ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2022-05-26  1:06 ` [PATCHv4 6/9] block/merge: count bytes instead of sectors Keith Busch
2022-05-26  1:57   ` Damien Le Moal
2022-05-31  6:25   ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-05-26  1:06 ` [PATCHv4 7/9] block/bounce: " Keith Busch
2022-05-26  1:58   ` Damien Le Moal
2022-05-30 15:08   ` Pankaj Raghav
2022-05-31  6:26   ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-05-26  1:06 ` [PATCHv4 8/9] block: relax direct io memory alignment Keith Busch
2022-05-26  2:03   ` Damien Le Moal
2022-05-26  7:29   ` Eric Biggers
2022-05-26 13:50     ` Keith Busch
2022-05-26 18:13       ` Eric Biggers
2022-05-26 18:55         ` Keith Busch
2022-05-26 20:32           ` Keith Busch
2022-05-31  6:30             ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-05-26  1:06 ` [PATCHv4 9/9] fs: add support for dma aligned direct-io Keith Busch
2022-05-26  2:01   ` Damien Le Moal
2022-05-31  6:29   ` Christoph Hellwig

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