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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] xen_disk: support "direct-io-safe"
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Stefano,

--On 27 June 2013 19:16:30 +0100 Stefano Stabellini 
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>  *      Therefore this option gives the backend permission to use
>  *      O_DIRECT, notwithstanding that bug.

Looks useful. Are you planning to do this for both emulated and pv
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Stefano,

--On 27 June 2013 19:16:30 +0100 Stefano Stabellini 
<stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> wrote:

>  *      Therefore this option gives the backend permission to use
>  *      O_DIRECT, notwithstanding that bug.

Looks useful. Are you planning to do this for both emulated and pv
disks?

-- 
Alex Bligh