From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <551EDAD7.3050803@kernel.dk> Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:24:23 -0600 From: Jens Axboe MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: linux /dev and normal files References: <94D0CD8314A33A4D9D801C0FE68B402958CC5D81@G4W3202.americas.hpqcorp.net> <542B52B3.5060908@kernel.dk> <94D0CD8314A33A4D9D801C0FE68B402958CC5EBE@G4W3202.americas.hpqcorp.net> <542B5632.8030404@kernel.dk> <542B784F.5090405@kernel.dk> <94D0CD8314A33A4D9D801C0FE68B402958CC85F9@G4W3202.americas.hpqcorp.net> <542CA321.5090608@kernel.dk> <542CA44D.1030700@kernel.dk> <94D0CD8314A33A4D9D801C0FE68B402958CCAA76@G4W3202.americas.hpqcorp.net> <542D9A26.6060204@kernel.dk> <94D0CD8314A33A4D9D801C0FE68B40295A858295@G9W0745.americas.hpqcorp.net> In-Reply-To: <94D0CD8314A33A4D9D801C0FE68B40295A858295@G9W0745.americas.hpqcorp.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)" , "fio@vger.kernel.org" Cc: Sitsofe Wheeler , Jon Tango List-ID: On 04/03/2015 12:13 PM, Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: fio-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:fio-owner@vger.kernel.org] On >> Behalf Of Jens Axboe >> Sent: Thursday, October 2, 2014 1:32 PM >> To: Elliott, Robert (Server Storage); fio@vger.kernel.org >> Cc: Sitsofe Wheeler; Jon Tango >> Subject: Re: linux /dev and normal files >> >> On 10/02/2014 12:21 PM, Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) wrote: >>>>>> It might be better to continue to attempt to run the >>>>>> other jobs. >>>>> >>>>> We should just go for the simpler create/nocreate solution, I prefer >>>>> that. This is too involved, and it's hard to get all the cases right >>>>> since there are a bunch of different ways that files are added. Which >>>>> was why this patch only focused on filename=, since that is the one >> that >>>>> is the most interesting. But it still isn't pretty. If we add the >>>>> allow_file_create option, it's basically a two-liner change in a few >>>>> places to not use O_CREAT. >>>> >>>> That took roughly 4 minutes... Does this work? Set allow_file_create=0 >>>> to disallow creating new files. > ... >> >> OK, let me test that, will spin a new one. > > I don't think this ever got added. It didn't... Did you re-test? No reason we can't get it added, I'll look into it start next week. -- Jens Axboe