Re: [PATCH v3 05/13] generic/1226: Add atomic write test using fio crc check verifier

John Garry
2025-07-23T16:26:03Z

On 23/07/2025 14:51, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote:
>>> No, its just something i hardcoded for that particular run. This patch
>>> doesn't enforce hardware only atomic writes
>> If we are to test this for XFS then we need to ensure that HW atomics are
>> available.
> Why is that? Now with the verification step happening after writes,
> software atomic writes should also pass this test since there are no
> racing writes to the verify reads.

Sure, but racing software atomic writes against other software atomic
writes is not safe.

Thanks,
John