On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 01:58:13AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 04:09:02AM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote: > > > Well, it seems like you are talking about something else than the > > > existing cases in gfs2 and btrfs, that is you want full consistency > > > between direct I/O and buffered I/O. That's something nothing in the > > > kernel has ever provided, so I'd be curious why you think you need it > > > and want different semantics from everyone else? > > > > Because I like code that is correct. > > Well, start with explaining your definition of correctness, why everyone > else is "not correct", an how you can help fixing this correctness > problem in the existing kernel. Thanks for your cooperation! BTW, if you wanted a more serious answer, just asking for the commit message to be expanded would be a better way to ask...
