Re: [PATCH 1/5] null_blk: remove the bio based I/O path

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On 2/14/24 18:54, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The bio based I/O path complicates null_blk and also make various
> data structures, including the per-command one way bigger than
> required for the main request based interface.   As the bio-based
> path is mostly used by stacking drivers and simple memory based
> drivers, and brd is a good example driver for the latter there is
> no need to have a bio based path in null_blk.  Remove the path
> to simplify the driver and make future block layer API changes
> simpler by not having to deal with the complex two API setup in
> null_blk.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>

Looks OK to me.

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research





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