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Message-ID: <20180111182124.GA30608@thunk.org> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:21:24 -0500 From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> To: Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com> Cc: fstests@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] common/rc: ext4 doesn't support O_DIRECT with data journaling On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 04:19:05PM -0500, Eric Whitney wrote: > Modify _require_odirect() to skip O_DIRECT tests if the ext4 mount > option data=journal has been applied. Because ext4 disables its > O_DIRECT support when in data journaling mode, no significant value is > obtained by running these tests and they consume a significant amount > of run time. Additionally, this change eliminates the need to triage > false negative O_DIRECT test results caused by test problems, as has > occurred from time to time. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com> Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
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