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To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.20 Direct IO patch for NFS. (Note: a trivial API change...)
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>>>>> " " == Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> writes:

     > I don't think changing the filesystem entry points during 2.4
     > is an option.

DirectIO was added in the middle of the 2.4 'stable' period without
any discussion. It should not benefit from the same protection that
the standard APIs do.

Cheers,
  Trond
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