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DateSun, 20 Jan 2002 21:42:04 +0000 (GMT)
From arjan@fenrus ...
SubjectRe: performance of O_DIRECT on md/lvm
In article <p734rlg90ga.fsf@oldwotan.suse.de> you wrote:

> I think an optional readahead mode for O_DIRECT would be useful. 

I disagree. O_DIRECT says "do not cache. period. I know what I'm doing"
and the kernel should respect that imho. After all we have sys_readahead for
the other part...
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