linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/8] Introduce provisioning primitives for thinly provisioned storage

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Message-ID: <Yylvvm3zVgqpqDrm@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:46:06 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@...omium.org>
Cc:     Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@...gle.com>,
        Daniil Lunev <dlunev@...gle.com>,
        Evan Green <evgreen@...gle.com>,
        Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/8] Introduce provisioning primitives for thinly
 provisioned storage

On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 11:48:34AM -0700, Sarthak Kukreti wrote:
> Yes. On ChromiumOS, we regularly deal with storage devices that don't
> support WRITE_ZEROES or that need to have it disabled, via a quirk,
> due to a bug in the vendor's implementation.

So bloody punich the vendors for it.  Unlike most of the Linux community
your actually have purchasing power and you'd help everyone by making
use of that instead adding hacks to upstream.