Re: [PATCH 17/19] ext4: Add support for MAP_SYNC flag

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On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 03:11:21PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > +       /*
> > +        * We don't support synchronous mappings for non-DAX files. At least
> > +        * until someone comes with a sensible use case.
> > +        */
> > +       if (!IS_DAX(file_inode(file)) && (map_flags & MAP_SYNC))
> > +               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> 
> Perhaps EPERM instead to differentiate the unsupported flags case?
> There's precedent for mmap returning EPERM for reasons other than
> incompatible PROT flags.

Why would we want to voluntarily use arcane errors for a entirely
new interface under our control?

-EOPNOTSUPP is nice and explicit about what is going on.



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