Re: ->direct_IO API change in current 2.4 BK

Marc-Christian Petersen (m.c.p@wolk-project.de)
Wed, 9 Jul 2003 20:22:35 +0200


On Wednesday 09 July 2003 20:08, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

Hi Marcelo,

> Ok, right. Well, I dont know why it doesnt happen there. Maybe not enough
> testing?
aehm, I'll bet -aa is tested _alot_ and also -wolk has tons of testers, but
well, this is a different talk ;)

> Anyway, I'm going to revert the NFS DIRECT IO patch because, as Christoph
> mentioned, breaks the API.
> I except another solution from Trond (maybe ->direct_IO2).
I wonder why you merge such stuff then in the first place, if you agree with
hch's opinion, that an API should not change in stable kernel series in the
2nd place? ... Did you temporarly forget it? ;)

ciao, Marc

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