From: "hch@infradead.org" <hch@infradead.org>
To: Damien Le Moal <Damien.LeMoal@wdc.com>
Cc: Kanchan Joshi <joshiiitr@gmail.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
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SelvaKumar S <selvakuma.s1@samsung.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] io_uring: add support for zone-append
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 07:45:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200731064526.GA25674@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MWHPR04MB3758DC08EA17780E498E9EC0E74E0@MWHPR04MB3758.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 06:42:10AM +0000, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> > - We may not be able to use RWF_APPEND, and need exposing a new
> > type/flag (RWF_INDIRECT_OFFSET etc.) user-space. Not sure if this
> > sounds outrageous, but is it OK to have uring-only flag which can be
> > combined with RWF_APPEND?
>
> Why ? Where is the problem ? O_APPEND/RWF_APPEND is currently meaningless for
> raw block device accesses. We could certainly define a meaning for these in the
> context of zoned block devices.
We can't just add a meaning for O_APPEND on block devices now,
as it was previously silently ignored. I also really don't think any
of these semantics even fit the block device to start with. If you
want to work on raw zones use zonefs, that's what is exists for.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-31 6:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <CGME20200724155244epcas5p2902f57e36e490ee8772da19aa9408cdc@epcas5p2.samsung.com>
2020-07-24 15:49 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] zone-append support in io-uring and aio Kanchan Joshi
[not found] ` <CGME20200724155258epcas5p1a75b926950a18cd1e6c8e7a047e6c589@epcas5p1.samsung.com>
2020-07-24 15:49 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] fs: introduce FMODE_ZONE_APPEND and IOCB_ZONE_APPEND Kanchan Joshi
2020-07-24 16:34 ` Jens Axboe
2020-07-26 15:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-28 1:49 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-07-28 7:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <CGME20200724155324epcas5p18e1d3b4402d1e4a8eca87d0b56a3fa9b@epcas5p1.samsung.com>
2020-07-24 15:49 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] fs: change ki_complete interface to support 64bit ret2 Kanchan Joshi
2020-07-26 15:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <CGME20200724155329epcas5p345ba6bad0b8fe18056bb4bcd26c10019@epcas5p3.samsung.com>
2020-07-24 15:49 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] uio: return status with iov truncation Kanchan Joshi
[not found] ` <CGME20200724155341epcas5p15bfc55927f2abb60f19784270fe8e377@epcas5p1.samsung.com>
2020-07-24 15:49 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] block: add zone append handling for direct I/O path Kanchan Joshi
2020-07-26 15:19 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <CGME20200724155346epcas5p2cfb383fe9904a45280c6145f4c13e1b4@epcas5p2.samsung.com>
2020-07-24 15:49 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] block: enable zone-append for iov_iter of bvec type Kanchan Joshi
2020-07-26 15:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <CGME20200724155350epcas5p3b8f1d59eda7f8fbb38c828f692d42fd6@epcas5p3.samsung.com>
2020-07-24 15:49 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] io_uring: add support for zone-append Kanchan Joshi
2020-07-24 16:29 ` Jens Axboe
2020-07-27 19:16 ` Kanchan Joshi
2020-07-27 20:34 ` Jens Axboe
2020-07-30 16:08 ` Pavel Begunkov
2020-07-30 16:13 ` Jens Axboe
2020-07-30 16:26 ` Pavel Begunkov
2020-07-30 17:16 ` Jens Axboe
2020-07-30 17:38 ` Pavel Begunkov
2020-07-30 17:51 ` Kanchan Joshi
2020-07-30 17:54 ` Jens Axboe
2020-07-30 18:25 ` Kanchan Joshi
2020-07-31 6:42 ` Damien Le Moal
2020-07-31 6:45 ` hch [this message]
2020-07-31 6:59 ` Damien Le Moal
2020-07-31 7:58 ` Kanchan Joshi
2020-07-31 8:14 ` Damien Le Moal
2020-07-31 9:14 ` hch
2020-07-31 9:34 ` Damien Le Moal
2020-07-31 9:41 ` hch
2020-07-31 10:16 ` Damien Le Moal
2020-07-31 12:51 ` hch
2020-07-31 13:08 ` hch
2020-07-31 15:07 ` Kanchan Joshi
2022-03-02 20:47 ` Luis Chamberlain
2020-08-05 7:35 ` Damien Le Moal
2020-08-14 8:14 ` hch
2020-08-14 8:27 ` Damien Le Moal
2020-08-14 12:04 ` hch
2020-08-14 12:20 ` Damien Le Moal
2020-09-07 7:01 ` Kanchan Joshi
2020-09-08 15:18 ` hch
2020-09-24 17:19 ` Kanchan Joshi
2020-09-25 2:52 ` Damien Le Moal
2020-09-28 18:58 ` Kanchan Joshi
2020-09-29 1:24 ` Damien Le Moal
2020-09-29 18:49 ` Kanchan Joshi
2022-03-02 20:43 ` Luis Chamberlain
2020-07-31 9:38 ` Kanchan Joshi
2022-03-02 20:51 ` Luis Chamberlain
2020-07-31 7:08 ` Kanchan Joshi
2020-07-30 15:57 ` Pavel Begunkov
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