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A caller is supposed to pass in REQ_NOWAIT if we can't block for any given operation, but O_DIRECT for block devices just ignore this. Hence we'll block for various resource shortages on the block layer side, like having to wait for requests. Use the new REQ_NOWAIT_INLINE to ask for this error to be returned inline, so we can handle it appropriately and return -EAGAIN to the caller. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.