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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@chromium.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>,
	"Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@google.com>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@google.com>,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	dm-devel@redhat.com, Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>,
	Daniil Lunev <dlunev@google.com>,
	Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, Evan Green <evgreen@google.com>,
	Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 4/8] fs: Introduce FALLOC_FL_PROVISION
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 01:45:44 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yy1yOGy7yF4AShDB@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG9=OMNoG01UUStNs_Zhsv6mXZw0M0q2v54ZriJvHZ4aspvjEQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 10:54:32PM -0700, Sarthak Kukreti wrote:
> [ mmc0blkp1 | ext4(1) | sparse file | loop | dm-thinp | dm-thin | ext4(2) ]
> 
> would be predicated on the guarantees of fallocate() per allocation
> layer; if ext4(1) was replaced by a filesystem that did not support
> fallocate(), then there would be no guarantee that a write to a file
> on ext4(2) succeeds.

a write or any unlimited number of writes?
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-09-23  8:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20220915164826.1396245-1-sarthakkukreti@google.com>
     [not found] ` <20220915164826.1396245-4-sarthakkukreti@google.com>
2022-09-16  5:48   ` [PATCH RFC 3/8] virtio_blk: Add support for provision requests Stefan Hajnoczi
2022-09-27 21:37   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2022-09-16  6:09 ` [PATCH RFC 0/8] Introduce provisioning primitives for thinly provisioned storage Stefan Hajnoczi
     [not found]   ` <CAG9=OMPHZqdDhX=M+ovdg5fa3x4-Q_1r5SWPa8pMTQw0mr5fPg@mail.gmail.com>
2022-09-16 20:01     ` Bart Van Assche
2022-09-20  7:46     ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]       ` <CAAKderPF5Z5QLxyEb80Y+90+eR0sfRmL-WfgXLp=eL=HxWSZ9g@mail.gmail.com>
2022-09-20 11:30         ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]           ` <CAAKderNcHpbBqWqqd5-WuKLRCQQUt7a_4D4ti4gy15+fKGK0vQ@mail.gmail.com>
2022-09-21 15:08             ` Mike Snitzer
2022-09-23  8:51             ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-09-23 14:08               ` Mike Snitzer
     [not found] ` <20220915164826.1396245-5-sarthakkukreti@google.com>
2022-09-16 11:56   ` [PATCH RFC 4/8] fs: Introduce FALLOC_FL_PROVISION Brian Foster
     [not found]     ` <CAG9=OMNL1Z3DiO-usdH0k90NDsDkDQ7A7CHc4Nu6MCXKNKjWdw@mail.gmail.com>
2022-09-21 15:39       ` Brian Foster
     [not found]         ` <CAG9=OMPEoShYMx6A+p97-tw4MuLpgOEpy7aFs5CH6wTedptALQ@mail.gmail.com>
2022-09-22 18:29           ` Brian Foster
2022-09-20  7:49   ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]     ` <CAG9=OMNoG01UUStNs_Zhsv6mXZw0M0q2v54ZriJvHZ4aspvjEQ@mail.gmail.com>
2022-09-21 15:21       ` Mike Snitzer
2022-09-23  8:45       ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
     [not found] ` <YyU5CyQfS+64xmnm@magnolia>
     [not found]   ` <CAG9=OMNPnsjaUw2EUG0XFjV94-V1eD63V+1anoGM=EWKyzXEfg@mail.gmail.com>
2022-09-19 16:36     ` [dm-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/8] Introduce provisioning primitives for thinly provisioned storage Stefan Hajnoczi
     [not found] ` <20220915164826.1396245-3-sarthakkukreti@google.com>
2022-09-23 14:23   ` [PATCH RFC 2/8] dm: Add support for block provisioning Mike Snitzer
     [not found] ` <20220915164826.1396245-2-sarthakkukreti@google.com>
2022-09-23 15:15   ` [PATCH RFC 1/8] block: Introduce provisioning primitives Mike Snitzer

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