linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] common/rc: ext4 doesn't support O

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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>