Re: [PATCH 6/6] dm: introduce dm_ask_for_duplicate_bios

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On Mon, Apr 28 2014 at 11:09am -0400,
Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2014, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> > 
> > Hey Mikulas,
> > 
> > I'm not immediately seeing how increasing tio->num_bios from within a
> > target's map method, using dm_ask_for_duplicate_bios, will cause DM core
> > to send duplicates.
> > 
> > Nothing in DM core actually consumes tio->num_bios -- please advise.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> 
> tio->num_bios is a pointer. You don't increase tio->num_bios, you increase 
> the value it points to. It points to the local variable that is the limit 
> of the for loop.

I see, thanks for clarifying.

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