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From:   Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Question about `generic_write_checks()` FIXME comment
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On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 02:04:46PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:

>  But as Al Viro pointed out, O_APPEND really can't have any real
>  meaning for a block device.  It would be neat if we could magically
>  make a 10TB HDD to become as 12TB HDD by writing 2TB using
>  O_APPEND, but reality doesn't work that way.  :-)
> 
> It probably makes sense just to remove the FIXME from the current
> kernel sources so that future people don't get confused, asking the
> same questions you have.

*nod*