Re: [PATCH block v2 1/3] block: Add @flags argument to bdev_write_zeroes_sectors()

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To: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH block v2 1/3] block: Add @flags argument to bdev_write_zeroes_sectors()
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:45:21 -0500
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Kirill,

> This is a preparation for next patch, which introduces a new flag
> BLKDEV_ZERO_ALLOCATE for calls, which need only allocation of blocks
> and don't need actual blocks zeroing.

Path of least resistance, I guess.

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering

References:
- [PATCH block v2 0/3] block: Introduce REQ_NOZERO flag for REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES operation
  - From: Kirill Tkhai
- [PATCH block v2 1/3] block: Add @flags argument to bdev_write_zeroes_sectors()
  - From: Kirill Tkhai

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