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From: Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>
To: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Hua Zhong <hzhong@gmail.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.com>,
	"'Bill Davidsen'" <davidsen@tmr.com>,
	"'Linux-kernel'" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: open(O_DIRECT) on a tmpfs?
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:35:26 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <459D56FE.5080600@rtr.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0701041911470.27405@blonde.wat.veritas.com>

Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Hua Zhong wrote:
>> So I'd argue that it makes more sense to support O_DIRECT
>> on tmpfs as the memory IS the backing store.
> 
> A few more voices in favour and I'll be persuaded. 

I see no reason to restrict it as is currently done.

Policy belongs in userspace, not in the kernel,
so long as the code impact is miniscule.

Cheers

  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-04 19:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-04 11:52 Michael Tokarev
2007-01-04 13:08 ` Hugh Dickins
2007-01-04 16:19   ` Bill Davidsen
2007-01-04 17:09     ` Hugh Dickins
2007-01-04 17:54       ` Peter Staubach
2007-01-04 18:11         ` Bill Davidsen
2007-01-04 18:41       ` Hua Zhong
2007-01-04 19:14         ` Hugh Dickins
2007-01-04 19:35           ` Mark Lord [this message]
2007-01-05  6:57           ` Chen, Kenneth W
2007-01-05 14:38           ` Helge Hafting
2007-01-05 14:58         ` Jesper Juhl
2007-01-05 14:59           ` Jesper Juhl
2007-01-04 22:17     ` Denis Vlasenko
2007-01-05  5:30       ` Nick Piggin
2007-01-05 16:20       ` Bill Davidsen
2007-01-06  0:30         ` Denis Vlasenko
2007-01-08 19:42           ` Bill Davidsen
2007-01-05 11:49   ` Michael Tokarev
     [not found] <7zzqw-SS-27@gated-at.bofh.it>
2007-01-04 14:47 ` Bodo Eggert

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