Re: [PATCH 0/5] block/drivers: don't clear the flag that is not set

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On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 10:25:34AM +0000, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote:
> On 4/24/23 02:26, Nitesh Shetty wrote:
> > On 23/04/24 12:30AM, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote:
> >> null_blk
> >> brd
> >> nbd
> >> zram
> >> bcache
> >
> > Any particular reason for leaving out mtip and s390 drivers ?
> >
> 
> I didn't find why this flag is clear at first place,
> if this gets accepted I'll others gradually..
> 
> > Will it be better to use the flag similar to scsi devices and
> > use it for random number generation ?
> >
> 
> I didn't understand this comment.
> 

My bad. I intended, may be we can set QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM flag.
Similar to scsi once the request completes, using function
add_disc_randomness() random generator can be updated.

Regards,
Nitesh Shetty





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