See also Linux Torvalds' opinion on O_DIRECT: The thing that has always disturbed me about O_DIRECT is that the whole interface is just stupid, and was probabl

See also Linux Torvalds' opinion on O_DIRECT: The thing that has always disturbed me about O_DIRECT is that the whole interface is just stupid, and was probably designed by a deranged monkey on some serious mind-controlling substances. https://lkml.org/lkml/2002/5/11/58 https://lkml.org/lkml/2002/5/11/58