Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:36:08 +0300 | From | Michael Tokarev <> | Subject | Re: [patch] char/raw.c locking on error |
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Jonathan Corbet wrote: > (I bet raw doesn't need BKL at all; I'll see if I can't find some time > to have a look later on).
Is it still in use - the raw driver, that is? Nowadays, every block device can be opened in direct mode by using O_DIRECT - this is what raw does. I mean, is it worth spending even more time on it?
/mjt
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