Ross Walker wrote:
> On Dec 28, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikes...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Did linux ever get a working fsync() or does it still flush the entire
>> filesystem buffer?
>
> Working, meaning reliable, or the ability to sync a memory range
> instead of the whole file system? There is sync_page_range() to only
> sync only a range, but I think the biggest issue is whether it
> actually assures it makes it to disk or just out of memory.
I mean the ability to sync only the buffer associated with the single file
specified by the file descriptor in the argument - without waiting for a bunch
of other unrelated and irrelevant data to sync along with it.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
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