Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jul 2003 16:13:07 -0300 (BRT) | From | Marcelo Tosatti <> | Subject | Re: ->direct_IO API change in current 2.4 BK |
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On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Marc-Christian Petersen wrote:
> 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? ;)
No, I did not.
I applied it because, in my ignorance, I did not noticed it would break the stable API.
I applied it because I wanted comments useful from people (Like hch and others did).
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