Re: [PATCH] fs: align IOCB_* flags with RWF_* flags

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Mon Sep 07 2020 - 15:43:30 EST


On 8/31/20 12:08 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> We have a set of flags that are shared between the two and inherired
> in kiocb_set_rw_flags(), but we check and set these individually.
> Reorder the IOCB flags so that the bottom part of the space is synced
> with the RWF flag space, and then we can do them all in one mask and
> set operation.
>
> The only exception is RWF_SYNC, which needs to mark IOCB_SYNC and
> IOCB_DSYNC. Do that one separately.
>
> This shaves 15 bytes of text from kiocb_set_rw_flags() for me.

Al, are you OK with me queueing this one up? I'm fine either way,
obviously no dependencies for this one, just want to ensure it isn't
dropped.

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Jens Axboe