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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] xfs: expose the current zonegc required status in
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On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 12:31:52PM +0200, Niklas Cassel wrote:
> Or perhaps I am missing something here, and for some reason, unlike a sysfs
> attribute, the information exposed in /proc/<pid>/mountstats is not considered
> a stable ABI ?
> 
> 
> That said, if you prefer 2) or 3) over 1) for exposing zonegc_required,
> please tell me which you prefer, and I can send a V2 with that.

I'd prefer not adding another API for querying this detail.  Especially
no a fairly heavy weight one.