Now that we are using REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES for all zeroing needs in the kernel there is very little use left for REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME. We only have two callers left, and both just export optional protocol features to remote systems: DRBD and the target code. Do we have any major users of those? If not removing it will clean up a few warts in the block layer. git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/block.git delete-write-same Gitweb: http://git.infradead.org/users/hch/block.git/shortlog/refs/heads/delete-write-same