Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:52:56 -0800 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/8] swap: lock i_mutex for swap_writepage direct_IO |
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On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 06:58:32AM -0800, Omar Sandoval wrote: > See my previous message. If we use O_DIRECT on the original open, then > filesystems that implement bmap but not direct_IO will no longer work. > These are the ones that I found in my tree:
In the long run I don't think they are worth keeping. But to keep you out of that discussion you can just try an open without O_DIRECT if the open with the flag failed.
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