Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] RAID 0/1/10 atomic write support
From: Martin K. Petersen
Date: Mon Nov 18 2024 - 20:38:00 EST
John,
> This series introduces atomic write support for software RAID 0/1/10.
>
> The main changes are to ensure that we can calculate the stacked
> device request_queue limits appropriately for atomic writes.
> Fundamentally, if some bottom does not support atomic writes, then
> atomic writes are not supported for the top device. Furthermore, the
> atomic writes limits are the lowest common supported limits from all
> bottom devices.
>
> Flag BLK_FEAT_ATOMIC_WRITES_STACKED is introduced to enable atomic
> writes for stacked devices selectively. This ensures that we can
> analyze and test atomic writes support per individual md/dm
> personality (prior to enabling).
LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering