Re: [RFC PATCH 00/37] block: introduce bio_init_fields()

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On Tue, Jan 19 2021 at 12:05am -0500,
Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanya.kulkarni@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is a *compile only RFC* which adds a generic helper to initialize
> the various fields of the bio that is repeated all the places in
> file-systems, block layer, and drivers.
> 
> The new helper allows callers to initialize various members such as
> bdev, sector, private, end io callback, io priority, and write hints.
> 
> The objective of this RFC is to only start a discussion, this it not 
> completely tested at all.                                                                                                            
> Following diff shows code level benefits of this helper :-
>  38 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 236 deletions(-)


Please no... this is just obfuscation.

Adding yet another field to set would create a cascade of churn
throughout kernel (and invariably many callers won't need the new field
initialized, so you keep passing 0 for more and more fields).

Nacked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>




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