Re: [PATCH 4/4] xfs: fallback to buffered I/O for direct I/O when stable writes are required

From: Qu Wenruo

Date: Thu Oct 30 2025 - 03:14:31 EST




在 2025/10/30 17:25, Christoph Hellwig 写道:
On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 05:23:32PM +1030, Qu Wenruo wrote:
So what is your application going to do if the open fails?

If it can not accept buffered fallback, error out.

Why would it not be able to accept that?


Because for whatever reasons, although the only reason I can come up with is performance.

I thought the old kernel principle is, providing the mechanism not the policy.
But the fallback-to-buffered looks more like a policy, and if that's the case user space should be more suitable.

Thanks,
Qu