[PATCH v3 12/30] block: Implement zone append emulation

[Bart Van Assche]

On 3/27/24 5:43 PM, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> Given that zone write plugging manages all writes to zones of a zoned
> block device and track the write pointer position of all zones,
> emulating zone append operations using regular writes can be
> implemented generically, without relying on the underlying device driver
> to implement such emulation. This is needed for devices that do not
> natively support the zone append command, e.g. SMR hard-disks.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche at acm.org>