Re: [PATCH v3 09/17] block/io: support int64_t bytes in bdrv_co_p{read,write}v_part()

2020-05-22 Thread Eric Blake
On 4/30/20 6:10 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: We are generally moving to int64_t for both offset and bytes parameters on all io paths. Main motivation is realization of 64-bit write_zeroes operation for fast zeroing large disk chunks, up to the whole disk. We chose signed type, to be

[PATCH v3 09/17] block/io: support int64_t bytes in bdrv_co_p{read, write}v_part()

2020-04-30 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
We are generally moving to int64_t for both offset and bytes parameters on all io paths. Main motivation is realization of 64-bit write_zeroes operation for fast zeroing large disk chunks, up to the whole disk. We chose signed type, to be consistent with off_t (which is signed) and with possibili