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Synchronous direct I/O to a sequential write only zone can be issued using the new REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND request operation. As dispatching multiple BIOs can potentially result in reordering, we cannot support asynchronous IO via this interface. We also can only dispatch up to queue_max_zone_append_sectors() via the new zone-append method and have to return a short write back to user-space in case an IO larger than queue_max_zone_append_sectors() has been issued. Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com> Acked-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.