Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 19 Oct 2014 07:51:38 -0700 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] fs: add fadvise file_operation |
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On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 07:21:26PM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote: > sys_fadvise result in direct f_mode modification, which may be not > suitable for some unusual filesytems where file mode invariant is more > complex. In order to support such filesystems we have to delegate fadvise > logic to filesystem layer.
Is there a real use case for it? So for it seems mostly about ecryptfs, and even that use is lacking a proper explanation.
Also fadvice and set_flags seem entirely unrelated, I don't understand why you're throwing fadvice in thise series.
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