Re: [parted-devel] [PATCH] Fall back to not using O_DIRECT

[Jim Meyering]

Olaf Hering <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 06, Jim Meyering wrote:
>
>> I agree wholeheartedly that arch-specific #ifdefs are best
>> avoided, but am a little leery of removing O_DIRECT altogether.
>> However, I'm currently leaning towards accepting this.
>> Has this change been tested much?
>
> Its a result of this bug, the patch is used since one year.
>
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290087

Thanks.
It's reassuring to know it's gotten some exposure.

Can I expect you to adjust your patch to detect
fsync and close failures?