Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753227AbaJCF1u (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2014 01:27:50 -0400 Received: from ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.145]:37344 "EHLO ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753089AbaJCF1l (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2014 01:27:41 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ak4uAMcyLlR5LDjwPGdsb2JhbABggw6BK4IyhQevKQEBAQaVaYVqBAICgQkXAQYBAQEBODmEBAEBBDocIxAIAxgJJQ8FJQMHGhOIPb5KGBiFfYoRB4RLAQSdPJlxKy+CSgEBAQ Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 15:27:37 +1000 From: Dave Chinner To: Jens Axboe Cc: Thanos Makatos , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org, jlayton@poochiereds.net, bfields@fieldses.org, jack@suse.cz Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] introduce ioctl to completely invalidate page cache Message-ID: <20141003052737.GL24490@dastard> References: <1412266184-23776-1-git-send-email-thanos.makatos@citrix.com> <542DAEAC.8010203@kernel.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <542DAEAC.8010203@kernel.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 01:59:40PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 10/02/2014 10:09 AM, Thanos Makatos wrote: > > This patch introduces a new ioctl called BLKFLUSHBUFS2, which is pretty What a horrible name. Whatever happened to naming ioctls interfaces after their function? i.e. BLKFLUSHINVAL? Cheers, Dave? -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/