Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268470AbTGLTby (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jul 2003 15:31:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268471AbTGLTby (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jul 2003 15:31:54 -0400 Received: from mail.jlokier.co.uk ([81.29.64.88]:6548 "EHLO mail.jlokier.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268470AbTGLTbx (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jul 2003 15:31:53 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 20:46:24 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Andrew Morton , davej@codemonkey.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5 'what to expect' Message-ID: <20030712194624.GF10450@mail.jlokier.co.uk> References: <20030711140219.GB16433@suse.de> <20030712152406.GA9521@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <3F103018.6020008@pobox.com> <20030712112722.55f80b60.akpm@osdl.org> <20030712183929.GA10450@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <3F105B9A.7070803@pobox.com> <20030712193401.GD10450@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <3F1063AD.40206@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F1063AD.40206@pobox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 584 Lines: 17 Jeff Garzik wrote: > Jamie Lokier wrote: > >2.4 fails on write()? A strace of "rpm --rebuilddb" shows it is > >opening with O_DIRECT and writing just fine. Or does that only work > >with RedHat's 2.4 kernels? > > Are you testing on a filesystem where an O_DIRECT is not supported? > The "it works" case is not an issue. ext3. -- Jamie - 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/