Hi, This is version 7 of the patch series to introduce block-level provisioning primitives [1]. The current series is rebased on: (2d1bcbc6cd70 Merge tag 'probes-fixes-v6.4-rc1'...). Changelog: v7: - Fold up lo_req_provision() into lo_req_fallocate(). - Propagate error on failure to provision from the blkdev_issue_provision(). - Set 'max_provision_granularity' in thin_ctr. - Fix positioning of 'max_provision_sectors' in pool_ctr. - Add provision bios into process_prepared_mapping() to prevent the bio from being reissued to the underlying thinpool. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220915164826.1396245-1-sarthakkukreti@xxxxxxxxxx/ Sarthak Kukreti (5): block: Don't invalidate pagecache for invalid falloc modes block: Introduce provisioning primitives dm: Add block provisioning support dm-thin: Add REQ_OP_PROVISION support loop: Add support for provision requests block/blk-core.c | 5 +++ block/blk-lib.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ block/blk-merge.c | 18 +++++++++ block/blk-settings.c | 19 +++++++++ block/blk-sysfs.c | 9 +++++ block/bounce.c | 1 + block/fops.c | 31 ++++++++++++--- drivers/block/loop.c | 34 ++++++++++++++-- drivers/md/dm-crypt.c | 4 +- drivers/md/dm-linear.c | 1 + drivers/md/dm-snap.c | 7 ++++ drivers/md/dm-table.c | 23 +++++++++++ drivers/md/dm-thin.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- drivers/md/dm.c | 6 +++ include/linux/bio.h | 6 ++- include/linux/blk_types.h | 5 ++- include/linux/blkdev.h | 16 ++++++++ include/linux/device-mapper.h | 17 ++++++++ 18 files changed, 310 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) -- 2.40.1.698.g37aff9b760-goog