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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
