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When formatting an ESE (thin-provisioned) ECKD DASD, dasdfmt(8)
defaults to the quick-format mode instead of full-format for normal
DASDs. This results in a significant performance impact during first
sequential write to each track, which may be unexpected for users.
To address this, change the default for dasdfmt to always use
full-format mode. Customers that require thin provisioning(*) still
override the default by specifying quick format explicitly using the
"-M" option.
Get rid of the related fallbacks; In case of unsuccessful space
release always fail. The customers that still require quick format can
proceed by specifying "--no-discard" option.
(*) Thin provisioning: while providing a large amount of logical
space, zero amount of actual space is provisioned and then
allocated on an on-demand basis.
Signed-off-by: Eduard Shishkin <edward6@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>