Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] block: enable RWF_DONTCACHE for block devices
From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 01:31:21 EST
On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 07:17:15PM -0400, Tal Zussman wrote:
> A: So this actually seems legit... doesn't look like anything actually calls
> blkdev_write_begin() or blkdev_write_end(), unless I'm missing something.
> block_write_begin_iocb() usage seems necessary for bh-based filesystems, but
> block devices seem to use iomap for writes unconditionally.
Yes. Maybe send a separate patch to remove these now unused methods?
Or I could do that since I forgot to remove them when I should have.