Re: [PATCH 03/25] vfs: split __dentry_open()

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 03:22:09PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > I think the O_DIRECT checks should move out of the VFS. ??The direct I/O
> > method isn't called from the VFS anywhere, but just from the
> > generic_file_* routines in filemap.c, which suggest doing the O_DIRECT
> > check in there as well.
> 
> Returning the error at the earliest opportunity (from open as opposed
> to read/write) makes sense.  Given that some apps may actually rely on
> the return value from open to verify O_DIRECT support, it doesn't seem
> to be a good idea to move the checks to read/write.

I'm fine with keeping it in open, bu it should be in generic_file_open,
not in the VFS (and yeah, generic_file_open is in open.c not filemap.c
where it should be, sorry)

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