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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 01:47:00 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> To: Jiaming Li <lijiaming3@...omi.corp-partner.google.com> Cc: alim.akhtar@...sung.com, avri.altman@....com, bvanassche@....org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lijiaming3 <lijiaming3@...omi.com> Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 0/4] Implement File-Based optimization functionality On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 01:30:54PM +0800, Jiaming Li wrote: > 1) The host let the device know of lba range(s) of interest. Those > ranges are typically associated with a specific file. One can > obtain it from the iNode of the file and some offset calculations. This is completely and utter madness. Files are a logic concept, that is non-unique (reflinks, snapshot) and can change at any time (defragmentation, GC, dedup). Whoever came up with this scheme is on crack and the it has no business being in the Linux kernel NAK.
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