| Date | Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:12:51 -0400 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 03/25] vfs: split __dentry_open() |
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On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 10:22:20PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> > > Split __dentry_open() into two functions: > > do_dentry_open() - does most of the actual work, doesn't put file on failure > open_check_o_direct() - after a successful open, checks direct_IO method > > This will allow i_op->atomic_open to do just the file initialization and leave > the direct_IO checking to the VFS.
I think the O_DIRECT checks should move out of the VFS. The direct I/O method isn't called from the VFS anywhere, but just from the generic_file_* routines in filemap.c, which suggest doing the O_DIRECT check in there as well.
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