On Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 12:10:11PM +0200, Javier González wrote: > In summary, what we are asking for is to take the patches that cover the > current use-case, and work together on what might be needed for better > FS support. And I really do not think it is a good idea. For one it actually works against the stated intent of the FDP spec. Second extending the hints to per per-I/O in the io_uring patch is actively breaking the nice per-file I/O hint abstraction we have right now, and is really unsuitable when actually used on a file and not just a block device. And if you are only on a block device I think passthrough of some form is still the far better option, despite the problems with it mentioned by Keith.
