Re: [PATCH] 2.4.20 Direct IO patch for NFS. (Note: a trivial API change...)

Trond Myklebust (trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no)
Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:46:59 +0200

>>>>> " " == Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> writes:

> I don't think changing the filesystem entry points during 2.4
> is an option.

DirectIO was added in the middle of the 2.4 'stable' period without
any discussion. It should not benefit from the same protection that
the standard APIs do.

Cheers,
Trond
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