linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] vfs dio

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgdZJQFfBnKXQm2EZiej-KVk5=E1gOBhW72XnQ_SBZ=cQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:50:09 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] vfs dio

On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 at 11:38, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> It is heavily used nowadays though because there's a few
> additional bits in there that don't require calling into filesystems
> but are heavily used.

By "heavily used" you mean "there is probably a 1:1000 ratio between
statx:stat in reality".

Those "few additional bits" are all very specialized. No normal
application cares about things like "mount ID" or subvolume data. I
can't imagine what other fields you think are so important.

          Linus