Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266209AbTGIXaZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:30:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266217AbTGIXaZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:30:25 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:30386 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266209AbTGIXaV (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:30:21 -0400 Subject: Re: ->direct_IO API change in current 2.4 BK From: Alan Cox To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Trond Myklebust , Marc-Christian Petersen , Marcelo Tosatti , lkml In-Reply-To: <20030709191739.GH15293@gtf.org> References: <20030709133109.A23587@infradead.org> <16140.24595.438954.609504@charged.uio.no> <200307092041.42608.m.c.p@wolk-project.de> <16140.25619.963866.474510@charged.uio.no> <20030709190531.GF15293@gtf.org> <16140.26693.72927.451259@charged.uio.no> <20030709191739.GH15293@gtf.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1057794132.7137.13.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 10 Jul 2003 00:42:13 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 657 Lines: 15 On Mer, 2003-07-09 at 20:17, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Having the stable API change, conditional on a define, is really > nasty and IMO will create maintenance and support headaches down > the line. I do not recall Linux VFS _ever_ having a hook's definition > conditional. We should not start now... The new quota code in 2.4.22pre already changed the rules slightly, as do the shmemfs fixes if you are pedantic - 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/