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Date:	Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:19:24 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Cc:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	Dongsheng Yang <yangds.fnst@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ubifs: Allow O_DIRECT

Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com> writes:

> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 10:13:25AM +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
>> Now, some user-space fails when direct I/O is not supported.
>
> I think the whole argument rested on what it means when "some user space
> fails"; apparently that "user space" is just a test suite (which
> can/should be fixed).

Even if it wasn't a test suite it should still fail.  Either the fs
supports O_DIRECT or it doesn't.  Right now, the only way an application
can figure this out is to try an open and see if it fails.  Don't break
that.

Cheers,
Jeff
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