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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] vfs: add the RWF_HIPRI flag for preadv2/pwritev2
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:58:49 +0100
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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 04:56:03PM -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> writes:
> 
> > This adds a flag that tells the file system that this is a high priority
> > request for which it's worth to poll the hardware.  The flag is purely
> > advisory and can be ignored if not supported.
> 
> I'm not in love with the HIGHPRI name, but I don't have a better one in
> mind.  So...

I don't really like it too much either.  So if someone else has a better
suggestion: you're welcome!