This is a v3 Patchset for the Zone Append command support The v1 Pull Request is https://github.com/axboe/fio/pull/1021 The v2 Pull Request is https://github.com/axboe/fio/pull/1026 Review comments for the v2 Patchset have been taken care of in the v3 Patchset. Corresponding Linux Kernel Patchset for the Zone Append command support : https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/1595605762-17010-1-git-send-email-joshi.k@xxxxxxxxxxx/ 1. Added a new FIO option zone_append. When zone_append option is enabled, for Zone mode ZBD, the existing write path will send Zone Append command with offset as start of the Zone. 2. libaio: support for Zone Append command in libaio IO engine 3. t/zbd: Add support to verify Zone Append command with libaio IO engine tests This is a RFC and the Linux Kernel io_uring interface is being discussed in the LKML. io_uring engine's Zone Append command support will be submitted for review after the kernel interface is finalized. Feedback / Comments will help in improving this further. Ankit Kumar (2): Add Zone Append command support libaio: support for Zone Append command Krishna Kanth Reddy (1): t/zbd: Add support to verify Zone Append command with libaio tests HOWTO | 7 +++++++ engines/libaio.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- fio.1 | 7 +++++++ ioengines.c | 6 ++++++ ioengines.h | 3 ++- options.c | 10 ++++++++++ t/zbd/test-zbd-support | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ thread_options.h | 2 ++ 8 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 2.17.1
