linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] introduce ioctl to completely invalidate page cache

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Date:	Fri, 3 Oct 2014 15:27:37 +1000
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@...rix.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, jlayton@...chiereds.net,
	bfields@...ldses.org, jack@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] introduce ioctl to completely invalidate page cache

On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 01:59:40PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 10/02/2014 10:09 AM, Thanos Makatos wrote:
> > This patch introduces a new ioctl called BLKFLUSHBUFS2, which is pretty

What a horrible name. Whatever happened to naming ioctls interfaces
after their function? i.e. BLKFLUSHINVAL?

Cheers,

Dave?

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Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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