On Sun, Oct 19 2008, Dmitri Monakhov wrote: > Block device write procedure is different from regular file: > - Actual write performed without i_mutex. > - It has no metadata, so generic_osync_inode(O_SYNCMETEDATA) can not livelock. > - We do not have to worry about S_ISUID/S_ISGID bits. I already did an O_DIRECT part of block device splicing [1], I'll fold this into the splice branch and double check with some testing. [1] http://git.kernel.dk/?p=linux-2.6-block.git;a=commitdiff;h=fbb724a0484aba938024d41ca1dd86337d2550c9;hp=08c7910b275a4c580ad646ae8654439c8dfae4c5 -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
