Re: [PATCH v7 06/10] io_uring/rw: add support to send metadata along with read/write

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 3:26 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 07:35:57PM +0530, Anuj Gupta wrote:
> > read/write. A new meta_type field is introduced in SQE which indicates
> > the type of metadata being passed.
>
> I still object to this completely pointless and ill-defined field.

The field is used only at io_uring level, and it helps there in using the
SQE space flexibly.
Overall, while all other pieces are sorted, we are only missing the consensus
on io_uring bits. This is also an attempt to gain that. We will have to see
in what form Jens/Pavel would like to see this part.





[Index of Archives]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux SCSI]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [IDE]     [Linux Wireless]     [Linux Kernel]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux