From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (lindbergh.monkeyblade.net [23.128.96.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B08A1C03 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2023 00:57:00 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=fromorbit-com.20230601.gappssmtp.com header.i=@fromorbit-com.20230601.gappssmtp.com header.b="tuqhm9i2" Received: from mail-oo1-xc35.google.com (mail-oo1-xc35.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::c35]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CD8E4229 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2023 16:56:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-oo1-xc35.google.com with SMTP id 006d021491bc7-587b1231dbeso1362559eaf.3 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2023 16:56:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fromorbit-com.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1699664216; x=1700269016; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=0WJjV0M8MGipSibP/l63xjUDxPGkLG8AjMcqPGszYTU=; b=tuqhm9i2u/aQ7PoskTQCu9yyc1Xbr0z8N1FpX/NJnt+Tb7RWfemd7GMxL+oCL+3c0z VJ9iZfdGDgmKXNccLi6CDEV49HMJD7gGULK+xPwBPAPd+jiDUGKu+7GYHP4D3cnGhX/e PElAtWOw1HDPcu92ZzNYAJaFCK3+aFsM/ihEYzc25ofE1JSYsoEJyHogQhzAtOJ288dN d23aBRx8DKj/EQwO2mPgALX9M35XdfcuTUAiH1hjLoEgEknuNoZpG5Aa9SMlx5lXBMQV F26o41Jdu34xXCewj0+C+8NCE/IXTY/M8Bn/FlLN5IudCqGtdchy2ftPJ9Y18llLhRwA LIqg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1699664216; x=1700269016; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=0WJjV0M8MGipSibP/l63xjUDxPGkLG8AjMcqPGszYTU=; b=kvqnIMLcFxdWjsxG9W8Wv4SbF4+XwXat9xBwZHufG5S1iCrR+lNuqbM128biAhWGO0 BWfUUhVNwpvtbtGjkKqUeF3BSROZQSmRatngOVlRUw6lShKHwsQ57rY+ZRM68SQz9+9v nsI93ZbeTH7UIZLVZYov9r2yM/FvW0m2aYUMt3FTc6BcbLF2OfUA/cHQEc01TPJaQkQ5 xpGeX3sIqrDEJHjpgKhE3KO89TwAsgMkpi16fJecDwsX4KTr7nqMb9WD5YBPz/U0WptN y3fQPCKbpIO8VmvlZBqBZjCJpnk2gJ3PDBuE9j34zolSfBKx9iEzWXmtxJeKiI+ApCgL 5foA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwfcCzmzJ0ExmVoHrpxuF+5fLpBsqLprIpdiVFlAiMoCskkOLgK H5noYPrsC6G6JUPg/lBunPPhKw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGX3k4QQhob2VPoP+c6SxcbxGB2OaDpjeV49tKk6N1SJY4rWQ5U6++lwQ6APk6XaIzKjwMPLA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6358:e9c5:b0:16b:c414:ae2 with SMTP id hc5-20020a056358e9c500b0016bc4140ae2mr660358rwb.8.1699664216492; Fri, 10 Nov 2023 16:56:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from dread.disaster.area (pa49-180-125-5.pa.nsw.optusnet.com.au. [49.180.125.5]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w12-20020a63f50c000000b005b8ebef9fa0sm295729pgh.83.2023.11.10.16.56.55 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 10 Nov 2023 16:56:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from dave by dread.disaster.area with local (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1r1cIu-00Ays6-25; Sat, 11 Nov 2023 11:56:52 +1100 Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2023 11:56:52 +1100 From: Dave Chinner To: Sarthak Kukreti Cc: dm-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe , Mike Snitzer , "Darrick J . Wong" , Christoph Hellwig , Brian Foster Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/3] [PATCH v9 0/3] Introduce provisioning primitives Message-ID: References: <20231110010139.3901150-1-sarthakkukreti@chromium.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20231110010139.3901150-1-sarthakkukreti@chromium.org> On Thu, Nov 09, 2023 at 05:01:35PM -0800, Sarthak Kukreti wrote: > Hi, > > This patch series is version 9 of the patch series to introduce > block-level provisioning mechanism (original [1]), which is useful for > provisioning space across thinly provisioned storage architectures (loop > devices backed by sparse files, dm-thin devices, virtio-blk). This > series has minimal changes over v8[2], with a couple of patches dropped > (suggested by Dave). > > This patch series is rebased from the linux-dm/dm-6.5-provision-support > [3] on to (a12deb44f973 Merge tag 'input-for-v6.7-rc0' ...). The final > patch in the series is a blktest (suggested by Dave in 4) which was used > to test out the provisioning flow for loop devices on sparse files on an > ext4 filesystem. What happened to the XFS patch I sent to support provisioning for fallocate() operations through XFS? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com