linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 05/10] block: Add core atomic write support

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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:34:19 -0700
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>, axboe@...nel.dk,
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	Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/10] block: Add core atomic write support

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 10:11:50AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 3/26/24 06:38, John Garry wrote:
> > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block
> > index 1fe9a553c37b..4c775f4bdefe 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block
> > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block
> > +What:		/sys/block/<disk>/atomic_write_boundary_bytes
> > +Date:		February 2024
> > +Contact:	Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...cle.com>
> > +Description:
> > +		[RO] A device may need to internally split I/Os which
> > +		straddle a given logical block address boundary. In that
> > +		case a single atomic write operation will be processed as
> > +		one of more sub-operations which each complete atomically.
> 
> 		    or

If *or* was meant, wouldn't it be better just to say one or more
operations may be processed as one atomically in this situation?

  Luis