On 7/24/20 9:49 AM, Kanchan Joshi wrote: > diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h > index 6c4ab4d..ef13df4 100644 > --- a/include/linux/fs.h > +++ b/include/linux/fs.h > @@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ typedef int (dio_iodone_t)(struct kiocb *iocb, loff_t offset, > /* File does not contribute to nr_files count */ > #define FMODE_NOACCOUNT ((__force fmode_t)0x20000000) > > +/* File can support zone-append */ > +#define FMODE_ZONE_APPEND ((__force fmode_t)0x40000000) This conflicts with the async buffered read support in linux-next that has been queued up for a long time. > @@ -315,6 +318,7 @@ enum rw_hint { > #define IOCB_SYNC (1 << 5) > #define IOCB_WRITE (1 << 6) > #define IOCB_NOWAIT (1 << 7) > +#define IOCB_ZONE_APPEND (1 << 8) Ditto this one, and that also clashes with mainline. The next available bit would be 10, IOCB_WAITQ and IOCB_NOIO are 8 and 9. -- Jens Axboe