Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:28:29 +0400
From: Samium Gromoff <deepfire@ibe.miee.ru>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sct@redhat.com, akpm@digeo.com
Subject: Re: [BIO] request->flags ambiguity
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:48:22 +0200
Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote:
-- snip --
> > 	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.
-- snip --
> > 	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 :-)
> 
> -- 
> Jens Axboe
> 
> 
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regards, Samium Gromoff


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