linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCHSET for-next 0/2] Flag file systems as supporting parallel dio writes

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Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:40:02 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     io-uring@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET for-next 0/2] Flag file systems as supporting parallel
 dio writes

On 3/7/23 10:20 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This has been on my TODO list for a while, and now that ext4 supports
> parallel dio writes as well, time to dust it off and send it out... This
> adds an FMODE flag to inform users that a given file supports parallel
> dio writes. io_uring can use this to avoid serializing dio writes
> upfront, in case it isn't needed. A few details in patch #2, patch 1 does
> nothing by itself.

I'm assuming silence is consent here and folks are fine with this
change?

-- 
Jens Axboe