linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 4/7] xfs: Support FS_XFLAG

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Message-ID: <20241001084102.GB20648@lst.de>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 10:41:02 +0200
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>, axboe@...nel.dk,
	brauner@...nel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, jack@...e.cz,
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	linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
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	ritesh.list@...il.com, ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/7] xfs: Support FS_XFLAG_ATOMICWRITES

On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 09:03:49AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> If we're only allowing atomic writes that are 1 fsblock or less, then
> copy on write will work correctly because CoWs are always done with
> fsblock granularity.  The ioend remap is also committed atomically.
> 
> IOWs, it's forcealign that isn't compatible with reflink and you can
> drop this incompatibility.

That was my thought as well when reading through this patch.