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Re: [PATCH v4 08/16] block: use int64_t as bytes type in tracked request
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Re: [PATCH v4 08/16] block: use int64_t as bytes type in tracked requests |
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Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:50:02 -0600 |
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On 12/11/20 12:39 PM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> We are generally moving to int64_t for both offset and bytes parameters
> on all io paths.
>
> Main motivation is realization of 64-bit write_zeroes operation for
> fast zeroing large disk chunks, up to the whole disk.
>
> We chose signed type, to be consistent with off_t (which is signed) and
> with possibility for signed return type (where negative value means
> error).
>
> All requests in block/io must not overflow BDRV_MAX_LENGTH, all
> external users of BdrvTrackedRequest already have corresponding
> assertions, so we are safe. Add some assertions still.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
> ---
> include/block/block_int.h | 4 ++--
> block/io.c | 14 +++++++++-----
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
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