From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/10 v11] No wait AIO Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 23:14:31 -0700 Message-ID: <20170613061431.GA11432@infradead.org> References: <20170606111939.27272-1-rgoldwyn@suse.de> <20170608073910.GB9292@infradead.org> <20170610053441.GD6365@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <58bbe95e-5a4a-4387-3a00-16ed2e861bd3@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Al Viro , Christoph Hellwig , akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, jack-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org, linux-block-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-btrfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-ext4-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-xfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, axboe-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org, linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, adam.manzanares-Sjgp3cTcYWE@public.gmane.org To: Goldwyn Rodrigues Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <58bbe95e-5a4a-4387-3a00-16ed2e861bd3-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 05:38:13PM -0500, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote: > We had FS_NOWAIT in filesystem type flags (in v3), but retracted it > later in v4. A per-fs flag is wrong as file_operation may have different capabilities. > I will work on adding FMODE_AIO_NOWAIT in the meantime. If Al prefers that let's go with it for now. One other thing I'd love is a supported flags field in struct file_operations that we can compare the flags against. Al, does that sound good as well? > > Thanks, > > -- > Goldwyn ---end quoted text---