Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:25:37 +0000 | | From | Jamie Lokier <> | | Subject | Re: Proposal for "proper" durable fsync() and fdatasync() | |
Jeff Garzik wrote:
> [snip huge long proposal]
>
> Rather than invent new APIs, we should fix the existing ones to _really_
> flush data to physical media.
Btw, one reason for the length is the current block request API isn't
sufficient even to make fsync() durable with _no_ new APIs.
It offers ordering barriers only, which aren't enough. I tried to
explain, discuss some changes and then suggest optimisations.
-- Jamie
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