Re: [PATCH v8 10/10] nvme: Atomic write support

John Garry
2024-06-18T07:23:12Z

On 18/06/2024 07:49, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> Only NVMe supports an LBA space boundary, so that part is specific to NVMe.
>>
>> Regardless, the block layer already should ensure that the atomic write
>> length and boundary is respected. nvme_valid_atomic_write() is just an
>> insurance policy against the block layer or some other component not doing
>> its job.
>>
>> For SCSI, the device would error - for example - if the atomic write length
>> was larger than the device supported. NVMe silently just does not execute
>> the write atomically in that scenario, which we must avoid.
> It might be worth to expand the comment to include this information to
> help future readers.

OK, will do. I have been asked this more than once now.

John