Re: 2.5 'what to expect'

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Sat, 12 Jul 2003 15:38:21 -0400

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.

Jeff

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