Jens Axboe wrote: >> This problem was reported and diagnosed by Mike Galbraith. > > Tejun, this patch isn't much cleaner at all. It really shows the pain of > these two seperate, yet related, variables. Not much cleaner compared to what? I think padding stuff is bound to be somewhat complex. It's a nasty thing in nature. I think ->extra_len is better than ->raw_data_len because ->extra_len only needs to be updated where the dirty jobs are done and extra buffer areas are added. Any better suggestions? Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html