[PATCH 09/10] block: add FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES support
Christoph Hellwig
hch at lst.de
Tue Jun 10 23:10:58 PDT 2025
On Wed, Jun 04, 2025 at 10:08:49AM +0800, Zhang Yi wrote:
> @@ -856,6 +856,13 @@ static long blkdev_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t start,
> /* Fail if we don't recognize the flags. */
> if (mode & ~BLKDEV_FALLOC_FL_SUPPORTED)
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + /*
> + * Don't allow writing zeroes if the device does not enable the
> + * unmap write zeroes operation.
> + */
> + if (!bdev_write_zeroes_unmap(bdev) &&
> + (mode & FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES))
Cosmetic nitpick, but I'd turn the check around to check the mode first
as that's easier to read. The whole check also fits onto a single line:
if ((mode & FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES) && !bdev_write_zeroes_unmap(bdev))
Otherwise looks good:
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
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