Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Mar 2023 06:42:08 -0700 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] f2fs: preserve direct write semantics when buffering is forced |
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On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 01:20:04PM +0100, Hans Holmberg wrote: > A) Supporting proper direct writes for zoned block devices would > be the best, but it is currently not supported (probably for > a good but non-obvious reason). Would it be feasible to > implement proper direct IO?
I don't think why not. In many ways direct writes to zoned devices should be easier than non-direct writes.
Any comments from the maintainers why the direct I/O writes to zoned devices are disabled? I could not find anything helpful in the comments or commit logs.
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