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

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Andi Kleen wrote:
> 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"

I should not have said "rewrite", it is the wrong word, and yes
some changes in some places would be easy.

jim
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