Alex Bligh writes ("Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] xen_disk: support "direct-io-safe" backend option"): > Stefano, > --On 27 June 2013 19:16:30 +0100 Stefano Stabellini > <stefano.stabell...@eu.citrix.com> wrote: > > > * Therefore this option gives the backend permission to use > > * O_DIRECT, notwithstanding that bug. > > Looks useful. Are you planning to do this for both emulated and pv > disks?
Emulated disks don't have the same problem because they don't try to use O_DIRECT on pages shared with the guest via the Xen grant table mechanism. Ian.