>From 1b910012141aa389dd4f057f535fc5bf5dbe8368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Harden <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:06:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add support to dd for opening files in Concurrent I/O (CIO) mode.
 * src/dd.c (O_CIO): New flag.
 * src/dd.c (O_FULLBLOCK): Add O_CIO to the list of flags that
 O_FULLBLOCK should be greater than.
 * src/dd.c (flags): Give the name "cio" to the new O_CIO flag, mirroring
 the treatment of O_DIRECT.
 * src/dd.c (usage): Add a description of the new flag when it is available.
 * doc/coreutils.text (dd invocation): Describe the new flag.
 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.

---
 NEWS               |    3 +++
 doc/coreutils.texi |    8 ++++++++
 src/dd.c           |   12 +++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 717af04..f605330 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** New features
 
+  dd accepts iflag=cio and oflag=cio to open the file in CIO (concurrent I/O)
+  mode where this feature is available.
+
   ls --color now highlights hard linked files, too
 
   stat -f recognizes the Lustre file system type
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index bbc2710..a582dfd 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7729,6 +7729,14 @@ If you combine this flag with the @address@hidden operand,
 you should also specify @samp{conv=notrunc} unless you want the
 output file to be truncated before being appended to.
 
address@hidden cio
address@hidden cio
address@hidden concurrent I/O
+Use concurrent I/O mode for data.  This mode performs direct I/O
+and drops the POSIX requirement to serialize all I/O to the same file.
+A file cannot be opened in CIO mode and with a standard open at the
+same time.
+
 @item direct
 @opindex direct
 @cindex direct I/O
diff --git a/src/dd.c b/src/dd.c
index e54cc14..7639612 100644
--- a/src/dd.c
+++ b/src/dd.c
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ static void process_signals (void);
 # define SIGINFO SIGUSR1
 #endif
 
+/* This may belong in GNULIB's fcntl module instead.
+   Define O_CIO to 0 if it is not supported by this OS. */
+#ifndef O_CIO
+# define O_CIO 0
+#endif
+
 #if ! HAVE_FDATASYNC
 # define fdatasync(fd) (errno = ENOSYS, -1)
 #endif
@@ -264,6 +270,7 @@ enum
     /* Use a value that is larger than that of any other O_ symbol.  */
     O_FULLBLOCK = ((MAX (O_APPEND,
 		    MAX (O_BINARY,
+		    MAX (O_CIO,
 		    MAX (O_DIRECT,
 		    MAX (O_DIRECTORY,
 		    MAX (O_DSYNC,
@@ -272,7 +279,7 @@ enum
 		    MAX (O_NOFOLLOW,
 		    MAX (O_NOLINKS,
 		    MAX (O_NONBLOCK,
-		    MAX (O_SYNC, O_TEXT)))))))))))) << 1)
+		    MAX (O_SYNC, O_TEXT))))))))))))) << 1)
   };
 
 /* Ensure that we didn't shift it off the end.  */
@@ -288,6 +295,7 @@ static struct symbol_value const flags[] =
 {
   {"append",	O_APPEND},
   {"binary",	O_BINARY},
+  {"cio",	O_CIO},
   {"direct",	O_DIRECT},
   {"directory",	O_DIRECTORY},
   {"dsync",	O_DSYNC},
@@ -508,6 +516,8 @@ Each FLAG symbol may be:\n\
 \n\
   append    append mode (makes sense only for output; conv=notrunc suggested)\n\
 "), stdout);
+      if (O_CIO)
+	fputs (_("  cio       use concurrent I/O for data\n"), stdout);
       if (O_DIRECT)
 	fputs (_("  direct    use direct I/O for data\n"), stdout);
       if (O_DIRECTORY)
-- 
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