Re: 2.5 'what to expect'

[Jamie Lokier]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> > One problem is O_DIRECT should return an error on open(2) or fcntl(2), 
> >  not write(2).
> 
> That is the 2.5 behaviour.

What do you mean?

The problem with db4 is that operations on O_DIRECT handles now return
EINVAL if the address isn't suitable aligned, and db4 is not expecting
that - it aborts.  That was true for 2.5.74, at least.

-- Jamie