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SubjectRe: 2.5 'what to expect'
Andrew Morton wrote:
> > One problem is O_DIRECT should return an error on open(2) or fcntl(2),
> > not write(2).
>
> That is the 2.5 behaviour.

What do you mean?

The problem with db4 is that operations on O_DIRECT handles now return
EINVAL if the address isn't suitable aligned, and db4 is not expecting
that - it aborts. That was true for 2.5.74, at least.

-- Jamie
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