Re: [PATCH 3/3] fuse: check O_DIRECT

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> > +	/* VFS checks this, but only _after_ ->open() */
> > +	if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> >  	err = generic_file_open(inode, file);
> >  	if (err)
> >  		return err;
> 
> This hardly seems worth optimising for?

It could be a correctness issue too: if filesystem has open() with
side effect, then it should fail before doing the open, not after.

Not a big deal, but I think it's worth the 3 lines.

Miklos
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