On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 06:56:25PM +0530, Kanchan Joshi wrote: > IMO, passthrough propagation of hints/streams should continue to remain > the default behavior as it applies on multiple filesystems. And more > active placement by FS should rather be enabled by some opt in (e.g., > mount option). Such opt in will anyway be needed for other reasons (like > regression avoidance on a broken device). I feel like banging my head against the wall. No, passing through write streams is simply not acceptable without the file system being in control. I've said and explained this in detail about a dozend times and the file system actually needing to do data separation for it's own purpose doesn't go away by ignoring it.
