linux-kernel - Re: O_DIRECT question

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:26:55 +0100
From:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
To:	Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@...el.hist.no>,
	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	dean gaudet <dean@...tic.org>, Viktor <vvp01@...ox.ru>,
	Aubrey <aubreylee@...il.com>, Hua Zhong <hzhong@...il.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@...radead.org, kenneth.w.chen@...el.com, akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: O_DIRECT question

Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@...el.hist.no> wrote:
> Michael Tokarev wrote:

>> But seriously - what about just disallowing non-O_DIRECT opens together
>> with O_DIRECT ones ?
>>   
> Please do not create a new local DOS attack.
> I open some important file, say /etc/resolv.conf
> with O_DIRECT and just sit on the open handle.
> Now nobody else can open that file because
> it is "busy" with O_DIRECT ?

Suspend O_DIRECT access while non-O_DIRECT-fds are open, fdatasync on close?
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that would also stop him from doing clever things." - Andi Kleen

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