Re: [BIO] request->flags ambiguity

[Samium Gromoff]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:48:22 +0200
Jens Axboe <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> > 	Is it ok to have a possibility of a request with conflicting
> > 	meanings attached to it?  For example REQ_CMD | REQ_PM_SHUTDOWN
> > 	| REQ_SPECIAL.
> 
> No of course not.
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> > 	Shouldn`t it make more sense to separate request-type-indicator
> > 	flags into a separate unambiguous type field, which would take
> > 	one of the following values: - read/write request - sense query
> > 	- power control - special request
> > 
> > 	And not a currently possible combination of all of them, which
> > 	seem to be the current situation.
> 
> There has been talk of that before, search the archives.

	Umm, i`ve tried and failed, couldn`t you share some vague pointers about the topic
 or something?

	I`m sorry, but my curiosity prevailed over hesitation to bother you :-)
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> Jens Axboe
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