Re: [RFC PATCH v2 15/21] loop: use aio to perform io on the underlyingfile

[Zach Brown]

> Bypassing the page cache is different from bypassing the underlying
> device's cache.  O_DIRECT does not mean "straight to platter".

Sure, sure, you and I know that.

> They most certainly should be!

Are they?

I have my guess.

- z
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