linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 08/10] xfs: Update atomic write max size

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Message-ID: <346315d4-dd8c-4ccd-b42b-081bebf2a7c9@oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:14:02 +0000
From: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc: brauner@...nel.org, djwong@...nel.org, cem@...nel.org,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com,
        ritesh.list@...il.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 08/10] xfs: Update atomic write max size

On 12/03/2025 08:13, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 08:09:47AM +0000, John Garry wrote:
>> On 12/03/2025 07:41, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 06:39:44PM +0000, John Garry wrote:
>>>> For RT inode, just limit to 1x block, even though larger can be supported
>>>> in future.
>>> Why?
>> Adding RT support adds even more complexity upfront, and RT is uncommonly
>> used.
>>
>> In addition, it will be limited to using power-of-2 rtextsize, so a slightly
>> restricted feature.
> Please spell that out in the commit message.

ok, fine.