Re: [PATCH] statx.2: Update STATX_WRITE_ATOMIC filesystem support

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Hi John,

On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 02:53:59PM +0000, John Garry wrote:
> Linux v6.13 will

Is this already in Linus's tree?

> include atomic write support for xfs and ext4, so update
> STATX_WRITE_ATOMIC commentary to mention that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>

Thanks for the patch!  Please see some small comment below.

Have a lovely night!
Alex

> 
> diff --git a/man/man2/statx.2 b/man/man2/statx.2
> index c5b5a28ec..2d33998c5 100644
> --- a/man/man2/statx.2
> +++ b/man/man2/statx.2
> @@ -482,6 +482,15 @@ The minimum and maximum sizes (in bytes) supported for direct I/O
>  .RB ( O_DIRECT )
>  on the file to be written with torn-write protection.
>  These values are each guaranteed to be a power-of-2.
> +.IP
> +.B STATX_WRITE_ATOMIC
> +.RI ( stx_atomic_write_unit_min,
> +.RI stx_atomic_write_unit_max,

There should be a space before the ','.

> +and
> +.IR stx_atomic_write_segments_max )
> +is supported on block devices since Linux 6.11.
> +The support on regular files varies by filesystem;
> +it is supported by xfs and ext4 since Linux 6.13.
>  .TP
>  .I stx_atomic_write_segments_max
>  The maximum number of elements in an array of vectors
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 

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