Re: [PATCH 1/4] blkdev: pass gfp_mask and flags toblkdev_issue_flush

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Apr 13 2010 - 14:10:27 EST


> +enum{
> + __BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT, /* wait for completion */
> + __BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER, /*issue request with barrier */
> +};
> +#define BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT (1 << __BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT)
> +#define BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER (1 << __BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER)

This is a very awkward stayle to define flags. There really should
be no need for the __-prefixed version. While you're using them for
test/set_bit and co there's no reason to use these atomic bitops here.

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