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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] f2fs: preserve direct write semantics when buffering is forced
On 03/20, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.

The direct IO wants to overwrite the data on the same block address, while
zoned device does not support it?

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