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Ming Lei ab1cb278bc block: loop: introduce ioctl command of LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO
If loop block is mounted via 'mount -o loop', it isn't easy
to pass file descriptor opened as O_DIRECT, so this patch
introduces a new command to support direct IO for this case.

Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
2015-09-23 11:01:16 -06:00
Ming Lei 2e5ab5f379 block: loop: prepare for supporing direct IO
This patches provides one interface for enabling direct IO
from user space:

	- userspace(such as losetup) can pass 'file' which is
	opened/fcntl as O_DIRECT

Also __loop_update_dio() is introduced to check if direct I/O
can be used on current loop setting.

The last big change is to introduce LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO flag
for userspace to know if direct IO is used to access backing
file.

Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
2015-09-23 11:01:16 -06:00
David Howells 607ca46e97 UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linux
Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Dave Jones <[email protected]>
2012-10-13 10:46:48 +01:00