linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH 07/12] fs: add RWF_DONTCACHE iocb and FOP_DONTCACHE file

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Message-ID: <20250104-sonnabend-sogar-9621cd449aca@brauner>
Date: Sat,  4 Jan 2025 09:39:31 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	hannes@...xchg.org,
	clm@...a.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	willy@...radead.org,
	kirill@...temov.name,
	bfoster@...hat.com
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH 07/12] fs: add RWF_DONTCACHE iocb and FOP_DONTCACHE file_operations flag

On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:47:45 -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> If a file system supports uncached buffered IO, it may set FOP_DONTCACHE
> and enable support for RWF_DONTCACHE. If RWF_DONTCACHE is attempted
> without the file system supporting it, it'll get errored with -EOPNOTSUPP.
> 
> 

Jens, you can use this as a stable branch for the VFS changes.

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Applied to the vfs-6.14.uncached_buffered_io branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.14.uncached_buffered_io branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.14.uncached_buffered_io

[07/12] fs: add RWF_DONTCACHE iocb and FOP_DONTCACHE file_operations flag
        https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/af6505e5745b