Re: [PATCH v4] virtio_blk: add DISCARD and WRIET ZEROES commands support

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On 04/06/2018 06:14, Liu, Changpeng wrote:
>>> But I believe the specification says VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT means direction, so
>>> OR the two bits together should compliance with the specification.
>> I cannot find that in the specification:
>>
>>   http://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.0/cs04/virtio-v1.0-cs04.html#x1-
>> 2020002
>>
>> and it would contradict the "The type of the request is either ... or
>> ..." wording that I quoted from the spec above.
>>
>> If you do find something in the spec, please let me know and we can
>> figure out how to make the spec consistent.
>
> I saw comments from file linux/usr/include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h, which says
> VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT may be combined with other commands and means direction,
> the specification does not have such description.

I don't think it is in the specification indeed (however, 11 and 13 were
chosen so that VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT can still indicate direction).

Paolo
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