Re: [RFC 00/12] btrfs core patches for direct I/O

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jim owens <jowens@xxxxxx> writes:

> The existing core code for pagecache
> doesn't work for directio because the existing I/O routines depend
> on peeking inside a struct page to get the valid btrfs inode info.
> Sorry, no can do, we don't own that page. And rewriting the whole
> pagecache I/O stack to eliminate dependence on struct page would
> be too scary IMO.

That would simply need another passed argument in a few strategic
places, won't it? I can't imagine it would need a full "rewrite"

-Andi

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