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Allow empty reg buffer slots any request using which should fail. This allows users to not register all buffers in advance, but do it lazily and/or on demand via updates. That is achieved by setting iov_base and iov_len to zero for registration and/or buffer updates. Empty buffer can't have a non-zero tag. Implementation details: to not add extra overhead to io_import_fixed(), create a dummy buffer crafted to fail any request using it, and set it to all empty buffer slots. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7e95e4d700082baaf010c648c72ac764c9cc8826.1619611868.git.asml.silence@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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