[PATCH 14/26] block: move the nonrot flag to queue_limits
Christoph Hellwig
hch at lst.de
Thu Jul 25 15:00:08 CEST 2024
On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 01:35:46PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> NBD actually exports a flag for rotational devices; it's defined in
> nbd.h in the NBD userland source as
>
> #define NBD_FLAG_ROTATIONAL (1 << 4) /* Use elevator algorithm - rotational media */
>
> which is passed in the same flags field which also contains the
> NBD_FLAG_SEND_FLUSH and NBD_FLAG_SEND_FUA flags.
>
> Perhaps we might want to look at that flag and set the device to
> rotational if it is specified?
Yes, that sounds good. Can you send a patch?
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