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authorYang Xu <xuyang2018.jy@cn.fujitsu.com>2020-08-06 17:48:32 +0800
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-09-09 11:05:39 +0200
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loop.4: Document LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO flag
Signed-off-by: Yang Xu <xuyang2018.jy@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ The loopback device will autodestruct on last close.
.BR LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN " (since Linux 3.2)"
.\" commit e03c8dd14915fabc101aa495828d58598dc5af98
Allow automatic partition scanning.
+.TP
+.BR LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO " (since Linux 4.10)"
+.\" commit 2e5ab5f379f96a6207c45be40c357ebb1beb8ef3
+Use direct io mode to access backing file.
.RE
.TP
.B LOOP_GET_STATUS