On 05/23/2016 09:42 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 06.05.2016 um 18:26 hat Eric Blake geschrieben:
>> Sector-based blk_write() should die; convert the one-off
>> variant blk_write_zeroes() to use an offset/count interface
>> instead.  Likewise for blk_co_write_zeroes() and
>> blk_aio_write_zeroes().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <[email protected]>
> 
> You built a nice trap here: bdrv_*write_zeroes() is still sector based
> whereas blk_*write_zeroes() changed to be byte based without a rename.
> That broke my block jobs series which converts from bdrv_* to blk_*
> after the next (seemingly clean) rebase.
> 
> I fixed my series now, but can we please convert bdrv_* as well
> before we get more victims in the same trap? Also (and perhaps more
> importantly) we could rename the functions to something like
> blk_*pwrite_zeroes(), indicating the switch to byte based.

Sure, the rename idea makes sense.  I should have something posted later
today.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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