On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 04:53:15PM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote: > Add the field and have the blockdev direct_IO() helpers set it. > This is in preparation for being able to poll for iocb completion. What purpose does this field serve? And why add it to just blockdev direct_IO and not the other direct IO paths, too? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx