Re: ->direct_IO API change in current 2.4 BK

Marc-Christian Petersen (m.c.p@wolk-project.de)
Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:55:08 +0200


On Wednesday 09 July 2003 19:46, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

Hi Marcelo,

> > > > > I just got a nice XFS oops due to the direct_IO API change in
> > > > > 2.4. Guys, this is a STABLE series and APIs are supposed to be
> > > > > exactly that, _STABLE_. If you really think O_DIRECT on NFS is soo
> > > > > important please add a ->direct_IO2 for NFS like the reiserfs
> > > > > read_inode2 hack.
> >
> > I wonder why -aa and -wolk don't have these problems with O_DIRECT vs.
> > XFS.
> Do they have the NFS DIRECT IO patch?
Yes. If not, my sentence would be superflous ;)

ciao, Marc

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