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| author | Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org> | 2021-05-19 10:52:26 -0700 |
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| committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2021-06-03 14:37:24 -0600 |
| commit | 7cc2623d1c84935f06fbdf727f41d70f4c779ef6 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ce65a2f98d84f029e8bd7f31620bbea38a87c14 /block | |
| parent | 613471549f366cdf4170b81ce0f99f3867ec4d16 (diff) | |
block: Update blk_update_request() documentation
Although the original intent was to use blk_update_request() in stacking
block drivers only, it is used much more widely today. Reflect this in the
documentation block above this function. See also:
* commit 32fab448e5e8 ("block: add request update interface").
* commit 2e60e02297cf ("block: clean up request completion API").
* commit ed6565e73424 ("block: handle partial completions for special
payload requests").
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210519175226.8853-1-bvanassche@acm.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'block')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/blk-core.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c index 3515a66022d7..514838ccab2d 100644 --- a/block/blk-core.c +++ b/block/blk-core.c @@ -1384,26 +1384,22 @@ void blk_steal_bios(struct bio_list *list, struct request *rq) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_steal_bios); /** - * blk_update_request - Special helper function for request stacking drivers + * blk_update_request - Complete multiple bytes without completing the request * @req: the request being processed * @error: block status code - * @nr_bytes: number of bytes to complete @req + * @nr_bytes: number of bytes to complete for @req * * Description: * Ends I/O on a number of bytes attached to @req, but doesn't complete * the request structure even if @req doesn't have leftover. * If @req has leftover, sets it up for the next range of segments. * - * This special helper function is only for request stacking drivers - * (e.g. request-based dm) so that they can handle partial completion. - * Actual device drivers should use blk_mq_end_request instead. - * * Passing the result of blk_rq_bytes() as @nr_bytes guarantees * %false return from this function. * * Note: - * The RQF_SPECIAL_PAYLOAD flag is ignored on purpose in both - * blk_rq_bytes() and in blk_update_request(). + * The RQF_SPECIAL_PAYLOAD flag is ignored on purpose in this function + * except in the consistency check at the end of this function. * * Return: * %false - this request doesn't have any more data |