This is the per-I/O equivalent of O_DSYNC and O_SYNC, and very useful for all kinds of file servers and storage targets. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- fs/read_write.c | 6 +++++- include/uapi/linux/fs.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index cf377cf..3729d8d 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -698,12 +698,16 @@ static ssize_t do_iter_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iov_iter *iter, struct kiocb kiocb; ssize_t ret; - if (flags & ~RWF_HIPRI) + if (flags & ~(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC)) return -EOPNOTSUPP; init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp); if (flags & RWF_HIPRI) kiocb.ki_flags |= IOCB_HIPRI; + if (flags & RWF_DSYNC) + kiocb.ki_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC; + if (flags & RWF_SYNC) + kiocb.ki_flags |= (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC); kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos; ret = fn(&kiocb, iter); diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h index a079d50..e21fe04 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h @@ -324,5 +324,7 @@ struct fscrypt_policy { /* flags for preadv2/pwritev2: */ #define RWF_HIPRI 0x00000001 /* high priority request, poll if possible */ +#define RWF_DSYNC 0x00000002 /* per-IO O_DSYNC */ +#define RWF_SYNC 0x00000004 /* per-IO O_SYNC */ #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_FS_H */ -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html