Re: [PATCH v9 05/19] fs: Propagate write hints to the struct block_device inode

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To: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>, "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 05/19] fs: Propagate write hints to the struct block_device inode
From: Kanchan Joshi <joshi.k@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 20:25:22 +0530
Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>, Daejun Park <daejun7.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On 1/31/2024 3:18 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Write hints applied with F_SET_RW_HINT on a block device affect the
> block device inode only. Propagate these hints to the inode associated
> with struct block_device because that is the inode used when writing
> back dirty pages.

Reviewed-by: Kanchan Joshi <joshi.k@xxxxxxxxxxx>

References:
- [PATCH v9 00/19] Pass data lifetime information to SCSI disk devices
  - From: Bart Van Assche
- [PATCH v9 05/19] fs: Propagate write hints to the struct block_device inode
  - From: Bart Van Assche

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