linux-ext4 - Re: RFC: Clarifying Direct I/O Semantics

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Message-id: <20090821230404.GA5931@webber.adilger.int>
Date:	Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:04:04 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: Clarifying Direct I/O Semantics

On Aug 21, 2009  17:54 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Clarifying_Direct_IO's_Semantics
> 
> P.S.  For people who are too lazy to click on the above link, here's the
> version of the page as of this writing :-)
> 
> = Introduction = 
> 
> The exact semantics of Direct I/O (O_DIRECT) are well specified. It is

Umm, "NOT well specified"?

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.

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