[PATCH 12/16] zonefs: allow non power of 2 zoned devices

Pankaj Raghav p.raghav at samsung.com
Fri Apr 29 00:55:18 PDT 2022


Hi Damien,
On 2022-04-28 23:49, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> This is still not convincing given the code I saw. Additional test cases
> need to be added with data verification & concurrent regular writes also
> sent while doing copy to verify locking.
> 
> Which also reminds me that I have not seen any change to mq-deadline zone
> write locking for this series. What is the assumption ? That users should
> not be issuing writes when a copy is on-going ? What a bout the reverse
> case ? at the very least, it seems that blk_issue_copy() should be taking
> the zone write lock.
> 
I think you posted this comment in this thread instead of posting it in
the copy offload thread.

>> I will make sure to add my private tree for zonefs in my cover letter in
>> the next rev. But even without that change, a typical emulated npo2
>> device should work fine because the changes are applicable only for
>> "runt" zones.
> 
> 



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