On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 07:30:49AM +0000, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote: > if that is true should we just use the bio_add_hw_page() ? since > bio_add_pc_page() is a simple wrapper over bio_add_hw_page() without > the additional checks present in bio_add_zone_append_page() ? bio_add_hw_page is currently static. But just renaming bio_add_pc_page to bio_add_hw_page and finding a different name for the version with the same_page argument sounds like a good idea, but that's for a follow on patch. I can look into that. > unless for some reason I failed to understand REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND > is categorized here as a passthru request, then sorry for wasting > your time ... It is not a passthrough request, but it is treated as one.