linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 1/2] fs: New zonefs file system

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Message-ID: <20200207040623.GE21953@dread.disaster.area>
Date:   Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:06:23 +1100
From:   Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:     Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@....com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jth@...nel.org>,
        Naohiro Aota <naohiro.aota@....com>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 1/2] fs: New zonefs file system

On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 12:16:05PM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> zonefs is a very simple file system exposing each zone of a zoned block
> device as a file. Unlike a regular file system with zoned block device
> support (e.g. f2fs), zonefs does not hide the sequential write
> constraint of zoned block devices to the user. Files representing
> sequential write zones of the device must be written sequentially
> starting from the end of the file (append only writes).

Looks good enough to merge from my perspective. There's little bits
that can be further tweaked and cleaned, but all the critical stuff
has been addressed and documented. 

Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>

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Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com