Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] io_uring: add support for zone-append

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On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 06:42:10AM +0000, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> > - We may not be able to use RWF_APPEND, and need exposing a new
> > type/flag (RWF_INDIRECT_OFFSET etc.) user-space. Not sure if this
> > sounds outrageous, but is it OK to have uring-only flag which can be
> > combined with RWF_APPEND?
> 
> Why ? Where is the problem ? O_APPEND/RWF_APPEND is currently meaningless for
> raw block device accesses. We could certainly define a meaning for these in the
> context of zoned block devices.

We can't just add a meaning for O_APPEND on block devices now,
as it was previously silently ignored.  I also really don't think any
of these semantics even fit the block device to start with.  If you
want to work on raw zones use zonefs, that's what is exists for.