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Re: AIO for XFS kernel 2.4.x ?

To: Christian Sander Røsnes <christian@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: AIO for XFS kernel 2.4.x ?
From: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxxx>
Date: 10 Nov 2003 10:45:50 -0600
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On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 06:12, Christian Sander Røsnes wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Is AIO (async i/o) for XFS working on any 2.4.x kernel version ?
> 
> Christian

No, the way XFS works and the way AIO in 2.4 works are pretty
incompatible. The worktodo mechanism behind the 2.4 AIO code 
assumes a lot about how a filesystem implements locking.

AIO on XFS in 2.6 works though.

Steve

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Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>


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