Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fs,block: Introduce RWF_ZONE_APPEND and handling in direct IO path

Christoph Hellwig
2020-06-27T06:51:34Z

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 02:45:14AM +0530, Kanchan Joshi wrote:
> For block IO path (which is the scope of this patchset) there is no
> probelm in using RWF_APPEND for zone-append, because it does not do
> anything for block device. We can use that, avoiding introduction of
> RWF_ZONE_APPEND in user-space.

No, you are not just touching the block I/O path. This is all over the
general file code, and all RWF_* flag are about file I/O.