Linus Torvalds is funlord of LKML - eviltoast

The thing that has always disturbed me about O_DIRECT is that the whole interface is just stupid, and was probably designed by a deranged monkey on some serious mind-controlling substances [*].

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  • uis@lemm.eeOP
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    7 months ago

    And no, the answer is ABSOLUTELY NOT to add cognitive load on kernel developers by adding yet more random helper types and/or functions.

    We already expect a lot of kernel developers. We should not add on to that burden because of your pet project.

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    Be the solution, not the problem.