Phillip Susi wrote: [] > You seem to have missed the point of this thread. Denis Vlasenko's > message that you replied to simply pointed out that they are > semantically equivalent, so O_DIRECT can be dropped provided that O_SYNC > + madvise could be fixed to perform as well. Several people including > Linus seem to like this idea and think it is quite possible.
By the way, IF O_SYNC+madvise could be "fixed", can't O_DIRECT be implemented internally using them? I mean, during open(O_DIRECT), do open(O_SYNC) instead and call madvise() appropriately.... /mjt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/