Re: [PATCH v5 08/10] xfs: Update atomic write max size

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Mar 12 2025 - 04:13:49 EST


On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 08:09:47AM +0000, John Garry wrote:
> On 12/03/2025 07:41, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 06:39:44PM +0000, John Garry wrote:
> > > For RT inode, just limit to 1x block, even though larger can be supported
> > > in future.
> >
> > Why?
>
> Adding RT support adds even more complexity upfront, and RT is uncommonly
> used.
>
> In addition, it will be limited to using power-of-2 rtextsize, so a slightly
> restricted feature.

Please spell that out in the commit message.