Re: [PATCHv8 4/6] fs: introduce per-io hint support flag

Hannes Reinecke
2024-10-18T06:04:52Z

On 10/17/24 18:09, Keith Busch wrote:
> From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
>
> A block device may support write hints on a per-io basis. The raw block
> file operations can effectively use these, but real filesystems are not
> ready to make use of this. Provide a file_operations flag to indicate
> support, and set it for the block file operations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
> ---
> block/fops.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/fs.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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