linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 00/10] fallocate: introduce FALLOC_FL_WRITE

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Message-ID: <yq17c1k74jd.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 21:47:13 -0400
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...weicloud.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] fallocate: introduce FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES flag


Zhang,

> Changes since RFC v4:
>  - Rebase codes on 6.16-rc1.
>  - Add a new queue_limit flag, and change the write_zeroes_unmap sysfs
>    interface to RW mode. User can disable the unmap write zeroes
>    operation by writing '0' to it when the operation is slow.
>  - Modify the documentation of write_zeroes_unmap sysfs interface as
>    Martin suggested.
>  - Remove the statx interface.
>  - Make the bdev and ext4 don't allow to submit FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES
>    if the block device does not enable the unmap write zeroes operation,
>    it should return -EOPNOTSUPP.

This looks OK to me as long as the fs folks agree on the fallocate()
semantics.

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>

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Martin K. Petersen