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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Move bv_offset/bv_len update after bio_endio in
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From: Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>
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Am Fr, den 02.01.2004 schrieb Jens Axboe um 11:46:

> > That's why I need to know exactly how many and which  bvecs were completed
> > in my bi_end_io function.
> > 
> > Or do you think it is safer to count backwards using bi_vcnt and bi_size?
> 
> I'm inclined to thinking that, indeed. Those two fields have a more well
> established usage, so I think you'll be better off doing that in the
> long run.

Ok, if you say so. This and the IDE multwrite thing are the only two
places in the kernel preventing bi_idx to be usable this way. I just
thought it was nicer.