Re: linux /dev and normal files

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On 04/03/2015 02:24 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> 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.

Robert, I added this. Can you check current -git and see if it behaves 
as expected for you?

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Jens Axboe