[RFC] [PATCH] Make lio_listio set errno to EIO on requests with invalid aio_lio_opcode

Ulrich Drepper drepper@redhat.com
Sat Feb 25 19:44:00 GMT 2006


Suzuki wrote:
> If the opcode is not supported then that I/O operation should fail. For
> those requests, since we know that I/O operation has failed, even before
> enqueuing a request, shouldn't lio_listio() return EIO ?

No, there is no such requirement.  The current code is correct and if a
program has problems it is that program's fault.

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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖

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