linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET v6 0/12] Uncached buffered IO

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Message-ID: <Z1gh0lCqkCoUKHtC@infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 03:11:14 -0800
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	"Christoph Lameter (Ampere)" <cl@...two.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...xchg.org, clm@...a.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, willy@...radead.org,
	kirill@...temov.name, bfoster@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET v6 0/12] Uncached buffered IO

On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 09:52:41PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> <shrug> RWF_DONTCACHE, to match {I,DCACHE}_DONTCACHE ? ;)
> 
> They sound pretty similar ("load this so I can do something with it,
> evict it immediately if possible") though I wouldn't rely on people
> outside the kernel being familiar with the existing dontcaches.

FYI, another word for dontcache.  uncached just has too many conotations
in the kernel context.