Re: [Xen-devel] purpose of struct buf_ioreq's dir field

2016-10-27 Thread Paul Durrant
> -Original Message- > From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com] > Sent: 27 October 2016 12:38 > To: xen-devel > Cc: Paul Durrant > Subject: purpose of struct buf_ioreq's dir field > > Hello, > > can anyone shed some light on the purpose of that field? Since > buffered ioreq-s by the

[Xen-devel] purpose of struct buf_ioreq's dir field

2016-10-27 Thread Jan Beulich
Hello, can anyone shed some light on the purpose of that field? Since buffered ioreq-s by their nature don't have any response, I don't see what good they can be for when not doing writes. Thanks, Jan ___ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org