On Mon, 10 Mar 2025, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
> On 3/8/2025 5:02 AM, NeilBrown wrote:
>
> ...
>
> >>
> >>>allocated pages in the array - just like the current
> >>>alloc_pages_bulk().
> >>
> >> I guess 'the total numbe
On Fri, 07 Mar 2025, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
> On 2025/3/7 5:14, NeilBrown wrote:
> > On Thu, 06 Mar 2025, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
> >> On 2025/3/6 7:41, NeilBrown wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 05 Mar 2025, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Fo
t need "more unified".
If there are genuinely two different use cases with clearly different
needs - even if only slightly different - then it is acceptable to have
two different interfaces. Be sure to choose names which emphasise the
differences.
Thanks,
NeilBrown
On Thu, 06 Mar 2025, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
> On 2025/3/6 7:41, NeilBrown wrote:
> > On Wed, 05 Mar 2025, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
> >>
> >> For the existing btrfs and sunrpc case, I am agreed that there
> >> might be valid use cases too, we just need to discuss
re told how many pages had
been stored in that array.
A (very) few users benefit from the complexity. So having two
interfaces, one simple and one full-featured, makes sense.
Thanks,
NeilBrown
