linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] block: invalidate the page cache when issuing BLKZEROOUT.

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Message-ID: <yq137va432n.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net>
Date:	Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:37:52 -0500
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, hch@...radead.org, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	shane.seymour@....com, bfields@...ldses.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, jlayton@...chiereds.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] block: invalidate the page cache when issuing BLKZEROOUT.

>>>>> "Darrick" == Darrick J Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com> writes:

Darrick> Invalidate the page cache (as a regular O_DIRECT write would
Darrick> do) to avoid returning stale cache contents at a later time.

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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