On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 01:22 -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> 3 files changed, 74 insertions(+)
> block/genhd.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> fs/partitions/check.c | 11 +++++++++++
> include/linux/genhd.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
This looks good. However, the first observation I would have is that
the hints should be extensible without disrupting existing code.
Something like
enum disk_hint {
DISK_HINT_OFFSET,
DISK_HINT_BLOCK,
DISK_HINT_LEN,
};
void disk_set_io_hints(struct gendisk *disk, enum disk_hint hint, u64 value) {
switch (hint) {
case DISK_HINT_OFFSET:
disk->phys_offset = (sector_t)val;
break;
...
etc.
Because I can just bet we will find other hints that people want adding.
I'm also not entirely sure that zero should be the no-hint value, but I
could be persuaded on that because I can't see a case where setting zero
to mean I'm telling you I definitely don't care should be different from
not setting it.
James
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