linux-kernel - Re: O_DIRECT question

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Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:37:21 +0300
From:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
To:	Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com>
CC:	Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@...e.de>,
	Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, Viktor <vvp01@...ox.ru>,
	Aubrey <aubreylee@...il.com>, Hua Zhong <hzhong@...il.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: O_DIRECT question

Phillip Susi wrote:
[]
> You seem to have missed the point of this thread.  Denis Vlasenko's
> message that you replied to simply pointed out that they are
> semantically equivalent, so O_DIRECT can be dropped provided that O_SYNC
> + madvise could be fixed to perform as well.  Several people including
> Linus seem to like this idea and think it is quite possible.

By the way, IF O_SYNC+madvise could be "fixed", can't O_DIRECT be implemented
internally using them?

I mean, during open(O_DIRECT), do open(O_SYNC) instead and call madvise()
appropriately....

/mjt
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