Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265528AbTFMUvP (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:51:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265530AbTFMUvP (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:51:15 -0400 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:64013 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265528AbTFMUvO (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:51:14 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:05:00 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: Matti Aarnio Cc: Dave Jones , Andries Brouwer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: open(.. O_DIRECT ..) difference in between Linux and FreeBSD .. Message-ID: <20030613230500.A3253@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <20030612111437.GE28900@mea-ext.zmailer.org> <20030612151704.A2588@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20030612145814.GB14795@suse.de> <20030612150909.GI28900@mea-ext.zmailer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030612150909.GI28900@mea-ext.zmailer.org>; from matti.aarnio@zmailer.org on Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 06:09:09PM +0300 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 667 Lines: 18 On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 06:09:09PM +0300, Matti Aarnio wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 03:58:14PM +0100, Dave Jones wrote: [all clipped - later] I was reminded of the following quote: "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." I'll add that to the BUGS section. - 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/