Hello Andrew,
On 05/05/2018 03:00 PM, Andrew Price wrote:
Remove a section that adds no benefit to the discussion of O_DIRECT.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Price <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
man2/open.2 | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2
index 2346cb1b4..eea14f195 100644
--- a/man2/open.2
+++ b/man2/open.2
@@ -1702,12 +1702,6 @@ is a potentially powerful tool that should be used with caution.
It is recommended that applications treat use of
.B O_DIRECT
as a performance option which is disabled by default.
-.PP
-.RS
-"The thing that has always disturbed me about O_DIRECT is that the whole
-interface is just stupid, and was probably designed by a deranged monkey
-on some serious mind-controlling substances."\(emLinus
-.RE
.SH BUGS
Currently, it is not possible to enable signal-driven
I/O by specifying
So, that quote has been there for a long time, but I must say that I too
was never that enamored with it--I agree with your questioning what
value it adds. So, I just need a little push ;-). Patch applied.
Thanks,
Michael
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