On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 01:48:28AM +0100, Alessio Balsini wrote: > Enabling Direct I/O with loop devices helps reducing memory usage by > avoiding double caching. 32 bit applications running on 64 bits systems > are currently not able to request direct I/O because is missing from the > lo_compat_ioctl. > > This patch fixes the compatibility issue mentioned above by exporting > LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO as additional lo_compat_ioctl() entry. > The input argument for this ioctl is a single long converted to a 1-bit > boolean, so compatibility is preserved.
This commit message looks better now. thanks, - Joel > Cc: Jens Axboe <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Alessio Balsini <[email protected]> > --- > drivers/block/loop.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c > index 44c9985f352ab..2e2193f754ab0 100644 > --- a/drivers/block/loop.c > +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c > @@ -1753,6 +1753,7 @@ static int lo_compat_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, > fmode_t mode, > case LOOP_SET_FD: > case LOOP_CHANGE_FD: > case LOOP_SET_BLOCK_SIZE: > + case LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO: > err = lo_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg); > break; > default: > -- > 2.23.0.rc1.153.gdeed80330f-goog >
