Re: [PATCH 1/2] block: bio: ensure newly added bio flags don't override BVEC_POOL_IDX

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On 21/03/2019 15:21, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 3/21/19 8:15 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> You also haven't solved the issue of now having an extra bit, 2/2 uses
>> the last bit which the other patch already took...
> 
> Here's one way - kill BIO_SEG_VALID. We should just use
> ->bi_phys_segments to tell if it's valid or not. This patch uses -1 to
> signify it's not.
> 
> Totally untested...


That sounds like an idea, I'll trow some testing at it and report back.


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