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SubjectRe: Possible O_DIRECT problems ?
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 01:23:45AM +0100, Trond Myklebust wrote:

> O_DIRECT for NFS isn't yet merged into the kernel. Are these Chuck
> Lever's NFS patches you've been testing?

Nope, stock 2.4.17rc2 & 2.5.1.
I thought NFS might just ignore the O_DIRECT flag if it didn't
understand it yet, I wasn't expecting such a dramatic failure.

I just got reminded of the bugs Andrew Morton & some others
found in O_DIRECT, so this may be hitting the same problems
already found.

Dave.

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