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Re: [parted-devel] [PATCH] Fall back to not using O_DIRECT
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Olaf Hering |
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Re: [parted-devel] [PATCH] Fall back to not using O_DIRECT |
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Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:37:23 +0200 |
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Mutt und vi sind doch schneller als Notes (und GroupWise) |
On Wed, Aug 06, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Olaf Hering <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Aug 06, Jim Meyering wrote:
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> >> 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?
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> > Its a result of this bug, the patch is used since one year.
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> > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=290087
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> Thanks.
> It's reassuring to know it's gotten some exposure.
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> Can I expect you to adjust your patch to detect
> fsync and close failures?
How should it handle the failures?
parted cant do anything about the error in practice.