On 26.06.23 18:47, Andreas Hindborg wrote: > From: "Andreas Hindborg (Samsung)" <nmi@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Zonefs will try to use `zonefs_file_dio_append()` for direct sync writes even if > device `max_zone_append_sectors` is zero. This will cause the IO to fail as the > io vector is truncated to zero. It also causes a call to > `invalidate_inode_pages2_range()` with end set to UINT_MAX, which is probably > not intentional. Thus, do not use append when device does not support it. > I'm sorry but I think it has been stated often enough that for Linux Zone Append is a mandatory feature for a Zoned Block Device. Therefore this path is essentially dead code as max_zone_append_sectors will always be greater than zero. So this is a clear NAK from my side.
