linux-kernel - Re: open(O_DIRECT) on a tmpfs?

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Date:	Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:49:42 +0300
From:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
CC:	Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: open(O_DIRECT) on a tmpfs?

Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>> I wonder why open() with O_DIRECT (for example) bit set is
>> disallowed on a tmpfs (again, for example) filesystem,
>> returning EINVAL.
[]
> p.s.  You said "O_DIRECT (for example)" - what other open
> flag do you think tmpfs should support which it does not?

Well.  Somehow I was under an impression O_SYNC behaves the
same as O_DIRECT on a tmpfs.  But I was wrong - tmpfs permits
O_SYNC opens just fine.  Strange thing to do having in mind
its behaviour with O_DIRECT - to me it's inconsistent ;)
But that's it - looks like only O_DIRECT is "mishandled"
(which is not a big deal obviously).

Thanks for your time!

/mjt
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