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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 04/17] fs: Restore F_[GS]ET_FILE_RW_HINT support
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On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 05:33:09PM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Revert commit 7b12e49669c9 ("fs: remove fs.f_write_hint") to enable testing
> write hint support with fio and direct I/O.

To enable testing seems like a pretty bad argument for bloating struct
file.  I'd much prefer to not restore it, but if you want to do so
please write a convincing commit log.