Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752038AbaJCJKP (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2014 05:10:15 -0400 Received: from smtp.eu.citrix.com ([185.25.65.24]:5768 "EHLO SMTP.EU.CITRIX.COM" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751507AbaJCJKH convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2014 05:10:07 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 591 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 05:10:07 EDT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.04,645,1406592000"; d="scan'208";a="25662741" From: Thanos Makatos To: "'Dave Chinner'" , Jens Axboe CC: "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 Thread-Topic: [PATCH RFC] introduce ioctl to completely invalidate page cache Thread-Index: AQHP3ltJMeutIaA2t0eKb6z3ckY5/ZwdGI8AgACer4CAAFy2IA== Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 09:00:14 +0000 Message-ID: <2368A3FCF9F7214298E53C823B0A48EC0423DEE4@AMSPEX01CL02.citrite.net> References: <1412266184-23776-1-git-send-email-thanos.makatos@citrix.com> <542DAEAC.8010203@kernel.dk> <20141003052737.GL24490@dastard> In-Reply-To: <20141003052737.GL24490@dastard> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 X-DLP: AMS1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > 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? Indeed it's not a good name, I'm open to suggestions! -- 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/