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btrfs: pass write-hint for buffered IO
Commit 4498135 ("block, fs: Restore the per-bio/request data lifetime fields") restored write-hint support in btrfs. But that is applicable only for direct IO. This patch supports passing write-hint for buffered IO from btrfs file system to block layer by filling bi_write_hint of struct bio in alloc_new_bio(). There's an ongoing discussion which devices can use that, https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240910150200.6589-6-joshi.k@samsung.com, in SCSI there's support using sd_group_number() and sd_setup_rw32_cmnd(). The hint goes from the application directly to the block device so it's up to the application to set up everything properly to utilize the different hint classes. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240910150200.6589-6-joshi.k@samsung.com Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com> Signed-off-by: Jing Xia <j.xia@samsung.com> [ Add more context and use case. ] Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
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