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From: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: O_DIRECT and barriers
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:38:37 -0700
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 06:08:52PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> I have an early draft (for discussion only) what we think it means and
> what is currently implemented in Linux, which I've put up, (again, let
> me emphasisize) for *discussion* here:
> 
> http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Clarifying_Direct_IO's_Semantics

	I think you mean "not well specified". ;-)

Joel

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