[dm-devel] [PATCH 05/18] block: allow specifying size for extra command data

Fri Jan 27 16:12:54 UTC 2017

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:15:55PM -0500, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> +static void *alloc_request_size(gfp_t gfp_mask, void *data)
> 
> I like alloc_request_simple() but alloc_request_size() seems a bit
> contrived. _reserve? _extra? _special? Don't have any good suggestions,
> I'm afraid.

Not that I'm a fan of _size, but I like the other suggestions even less.