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    SubjectRe: dd PATCH: add conv=direct
    On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 11:18:41AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
    > Andy Isaacson <adi@hexapodia.org> wrote:
    > > > While you're there, please add an fsync-before-closing option.
    > >
    > > Easy enough. How does this look? Note that C_TWOBUFS ensures the
    > > output buffer is getpagesize()-aligned.
    >
    > Looks nice and simple. You'll need an ext2 filesystem to test it under 2.4.

    I tested against a block device. Easier to just "swapoff /dev/hda2"
    than to find space to make a new filesystem.

    > Be aware that it's rather a challenge to actually get the O_DIRECT #define
    > in scope under some glibc versions. I think you need to define _GNU_SOURCE
    > or something like that.

    Yeah, I had to -D_GNU_SOURCE to build standalone, but coreutils'
    makefile seems to do OK.

    Would there be any reason to allow O_DIRECT on the read side?

    -andy
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