On 1/10/19 4:12 PM, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Jens Axboe <ax...@kernel.dk> writes:
> 
>> Add hint on whether a read was served out of the page cache, or if it
>> hit media. This is useful for buffered async IO, O_DIRECT reads would
>> never have this set (for obvious reasons).
>>
>> If the read hit page cache, cqe->flags will have IOCQE_FLAG_CACHEHIT
>> set.
> 
> We may want to hold off on this one until the whole mincore/RWF_NOWAIT
> debate is sorted. [1]

Definitely, it's why it's separate and at the end of the series. But
in reality, this doesn't leak anything that timing doesn't already
tell you. So it's kind of a moot point.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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