Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Flash Back -- kernel 2.1.111 | Date | Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:56:12 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Does forcing a command to bypass the contents in the cache meaning > anything. This is not a cache sync like SCSI. It is a cache bypass and > will violate the journal on the down/commit block.
Thats a really useful option for a whole load of operations. Database folk in paticular may well benefit as will O_DIRECT stuff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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