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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] block: change REQ_OP_ZONE_RESET from 6 to 13
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On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 11:54:31AM +0800, Coly Li wrote:
> For a zoned device, e.g. host managed SMR hard drive, REQ_OP_ZONE_RESET
> is to reset the LBA of a zone's write pointer back to the start LBA of
> this zone. After the write point is reset, all previously stored data
> in this zone is invalid and unaccessible anymore. Therefore, this op
> code changes on disk data, belongs to a WRITE request op code.
> 
> Current REQ_OP_ZONE_RESET is defined as number 6, but the convention of
> the op code is, READ requests are even numbers, and WRITE requests are
> odd numbers. See how op_is_write defined,

The convention is all about data transfer, and zone reset does not
transfer any data.