Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: VM Requirement Document - v0.0 | From | John Fremlin <> | Date | 28 Jun 2001 14:07:16 +0100 |
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Stefan Hoffmeister <lkml.2001@econos.de> writes:
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> Windows NT/2000 has flags that can be for each CreateFile operation > ("open" in Unix terms), for instance > > FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY > > FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH > FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING > FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS > FILE_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL_SCAN > > If Linux does not have mechanism that would allow the signalling of > specific use case, it might be helpful to implement such a hinting > system?
madvise(2) does it on mappings IIRC
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