[PATCH] Document bi_sector and sector_t

Signed-Off-By: Roger Gammans <rgammans@computer-surgery.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Roger Gammans 2006-10-04 13:37:45 +02:00 committed by Jens Axboe
parent f583f4924d
commit 2c2345c2b4
2 changed files with 7 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ typedef void (bio_destructor_t) (struct bio *);
* stacking drivers)
*/
struct bio {
sector_t bi_sector;
sector_t bi_sector; /* device address in 512 byte
sectors */
struct bio *bi_next; /* request queue link */
struct block_device *bi_bdev;
unsigned long bi_flags; /* status, command, etc */

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@ -129,8 +129,12 @@ typedef __s64 int64_t;
/* this is a special 64bit data type that is 8-byte aligned */
#define aligned_u64 unsigned long long __attribute__((aligned(8)))
/*
/**
* The type used for indexing onto a disc or disc partition.
*
* Linux always considers sectors to be 512 bytes long independently
* of the devices real block size.
*
* If required, asm/types.h can override it and define
* HAVE_SECTOR_T
*/