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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 11:38:24 -0700
From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
To: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@digeo.com, riel@conectiva.com.br
Subject: Re: [PATCH] O_STREAMING - flag for optimal streaming I/O
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On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 10:38:55PM -0400, Robert Love wrote:

> Attached patch implements an O_STREAMING file I/O flag which enables
> manual drop-behind of pages.

When/why would you use this instead of O_DIRECT?


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