On 10/25/2010 4:28 AM, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Except that the fsync() patches from RedHat were never added to the AIO > code in the kernel. The portable way for this is to mmap() the files and > msync() them with MS_ASYNC. But that makes catching write errors a > nightmare.
Blast. Then I guess O_DIRECT aio is the way to go. Either that or a kernel interface change is needed to convey the right caching policy. Seems like the latter would be the better choice, but also more difficult to get off the ground. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
