RE: [PATCH RFC] introduce ioctl to completely invalidate page cache

From: Thanos Makatos
Date: Fri Oct 03 2014 - 05:10:22 EST


> > > This patch introduces a new ioctl called BLKFLUSHBUFS2, which is
> > > pretty
>
> What a horrible name. Whatever happened to naming ioctls interfaces after
> their function? i.e. BLKFLUSHINVAL?

Indeed it's not a good name, I'm open to suggestions!
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