[PATCH 10/21] block: Add fops atomic write support
Martin K. Petersen
martin.petersen at oracle.com
Mon Oct 2 17:48:06 PDT 2023
Bart,
> Are there any SCSI devices that we care about that report an ATOMIC
> TRANSFER LENGTH GRANULARITY that is larger than a single logical
> block?
Yes.
Note that code path used inside a storage device to guarantee atomicity
of an entire I/O may be substantially different from the code path which
only offers an incremental guarantee at a single logical or physical
block level (to the extent that those guarantees are offered at all but
that's a different kettle of fish).
> I'm wondering whether we really have to support such devices.
Yes.
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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
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