From ecfc555a8327ff09b07066d73a98c04115007eec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chuck Lever Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:14:56 -0400 Subject: NFS: Always enable NFS direct I/O Since O_DIRECT is a standard feature that is enabled in most distros, eliminate the CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO build option, and change the fs/nfs/Makefile to always build in the NFS direct I/O engine. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust --- fs/Kconfig | 24 ------------------------ 1 file changed, 24 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/Kconfig') diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index d7312825592..55c1a0374e1 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -1637,30 +1637,6 @@ config NFS_V4 If unsure, say N. -config NFS_DIRECTIO - bool "Allow direct I/O on NFS files" - depends on NFS_FS - help - This option enables applications to perform uncached I/O on files - in NFS file systems using the O_DIRECT open() flag. When O_DIRECT - is set for a file, its data is not cached in the system's page - cache. Data is moved to and from user-level application buffers - directly. Unlike local disk-based file systems, NFS O_DIRECT has - no alignment restrictions. - - Unless your program is designed to use O_DIRECT properly, you are - much better off allowing the NFS client to manage data caching for - you. Misusing O_DIRECT can cause poor server performance or network - storms. This kernel build option defaults OFF to avoid exposing - system administrators unwittingly to a potentially hazardous - feature. - - For more details on NFS O_DIRECT, see fs/nfs/direct.c. - - If unsure, say N. This reduces the size of the NFS client, and - causes open() to return EINVAL if a file residing in NFS is - opened with the O_DIRECT flag. - config NFSD tristate "NFS server support" depends on INET -- cgit v1.2.3