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Date:	Tue, 9 Jan 2007 02:51:56 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Hua Zhong <hzhong@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hugh@...itas.com, hch@...radead.com,
	kenneth.w.chen@...el.com, akpm@...l.org, torvalds@...l.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] support O_DIRECT in tmpfs/ramfs



On Jan 8 2007 17:43, Hua Zhong wrote:
>
>1. A new fs flag FS_RAM_BASED is added and the O_DIRECT flag is ignored
>   if this flag is set (suggestions on a better name?)

FS_IGNORE_DIRECT. Somehow I think this flag is not only useful for
RAM-based filesystems, but also possibly virtual filesystems (procfs,
sysfs, etc.) Maybe even more such as fuse and unionfs.


	-`J'
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