Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: (fwd) Re: [RFC] mount flag "direct" | Date | Fri, 6 Sep 2002 00:45:42 +0200 |
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On Wednesday 04 September 2002 16:13, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > Did you read my post which you can lookup on the below url? > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103109165717636&w=2 > > That explains what a single byte write to an uncached ntfs volume entails. > (I failed to mention there that you would actually need to read the block > first modify the one byte and then write it back but if you write > blocksize based chunks at once the RCW falls away. > And as someone else pointed out I failed to mention that the entire > operation would have to keep the entire fs locked.) > > If it still isn't clear let me know and I will attempt to explain again in > simpler terms...
Anton, it's clear he understands the concept, and doesn't care because he does not intend his application to access the data a byte at a time.
Your points are correct, just not relevant to what he wants to do.
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