Re: [PATCH 0/10 v9] No wait AIO

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On 05/28/2017 04:27 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>  Changes since v8:
>>  + Err out AIO reads with -EINVAL flagged as RWF_NOWAIT
> 
> Ugg, why?  Reads aren't really treated any different than writes in
> the direct I/O code.

This effort focused on writes only.

>From the point of view of the application/user, reads are usually
required to complete with success. I don't see a scenario where reads()
would need the nowait feature. If there is a use case, I'd be happy to
add and support it.

-- 
Goldwyn



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