Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [rfc] Ignore Fsync Calls in Laptop_Mode | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Mon, 30 May 2011 08:55:50 -0400 |
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On Mon, 30 May 2011 09:13:27 +0200, Oliver Neukum said: > Am Montag, 30. Mai 2011, 03:53:18 schrieb david@lang.hm:
> > if what you are wanting is the ability to say 'these things must be > > written before these other things to keep them from being corrupted, but I > > don't care when they get written (or if they get lost in a crash)' then > > what you want isn't fsync, it's a barrier. > > Yes, but where is the problem?
The problem is that *from userspace*, the closest approximation to a barrier is fsync(). [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |