Re: O_SYNC patches for 2.4.0-test1-ac11

"Stephen C. Tweedie" [off-list ref] writes:

	* Old applications which specified O_SYNC will continue
	  to get their expected (O_DSYNC) behaviour

	* New applications can specify O_SYNC or O_DSYNC and get
	  the selected behaviour on new kernels

	* New applications calling either O_SYNC or O_DSYNC will
	  still get O_SYNC on old kernels.

Have you thought about O_RSYNC and whether it is possible/useful to
support it separately?

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