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Petersen" Organization: Oracle Corporation References: <157917805422.88675.6477661554332322975.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <157917815798.88675.11900718803129164489.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:45:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <157917815798.88675.11900718803129164489.stgit@localhost.localdomain> (Kirill Tkhai's message of "Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:35:58 +0300") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9506 signatures=668685 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=942 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1911140001 definitions=main-2001210050 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9506 signatures=668685 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=996 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1911140001 definitions=main-2001210050 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Kirill, > This is a preparation for next patch, which introduces a new flag > BLKDEV_ZERO_ALLOCATE for calls, which need only allocation of blocks > and don't need actual blocks zeroing. Path of least resistance, I guess. Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering