Re: dd PATCH: add conv=direct

[Andrew Morton]

Andy Isaacson <adi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Would there be any reason to allow O_DIRECT on the read side?

Sure.  It saves CPU, avoids blowing pagecache, just as with O_DIRECT
writes.

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