On Tue, Dec 04 2007, Kiyoshi Ueda wrote: > Hi Boaz and Jens, > > On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:56:32 +0200, Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > +/** > > > + * blk_end_request - Helper function for drivers to complete the request. > > > + * @rq: the request being processed > > > + * @uptodate: 1 for success, 0 for I/O error, < 0 for specific error > > > + * @nr_bytes: number of bytes to complete > > > + * > > > + * Description: > > > + * Ends I/O on a number of bytes attached to @rq. > > > + * If @rq has leftover, sets it up for the next range of segments. > > > + * > > > + * Return: > > > + * 0 - we are done with this request > > > + * 1 - still buffers pending for this request > > > + **/ > > > +int blk_end_request(struct request *rq, int uptodate, int nr_bytes) > > > > I always hated that uptodate boolean with possible negative error value. > > I guess it was done for backward compatibility of then users of > > end_that_request_first(). But since you are introducing a new API then > > this is not the case. Just have regular status int where 0 means ALL_OK > > and negative value means error code. > > Just my $0.02. > > Thank you for the comment. > I think it's quite reasonable. > By doing that, we don't need end_io_error() anymore. > > > Jens, > What do you think? I agree, the uptodate usage right now is horrible. > If you agree with the interface change above, I would prefer to > separate the patch-set from blk_end_request patch-set like below: > o blk_end_request: remove end_that_request_* > o change interface of 'uptodate' in blk_end_request to 'error' > It makes the purpose of blk_end_request patch-set clear > (and also, each patch of device drivers could be smaller). > But, it doubles your merging work. So if you would like to get > the changes at once, I'll merge them into blk_end_request patch-set. Twice the merging is not an issue for me. > As for the patch inclusion, do you push the driver changes to Linus > all at once? Or should I ask each maintainer to take the patch? Lets just try to get as many maintainer acks as possible, since the patches need to go in together. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
