On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Trond Myklebust <tron...@gmail.com> wrote: > O_DIRECT was specifically designed to solve the problem of double buffering > between applications and the kernel. Why are you not able to use that in > these situations?
O_DIRECT was apparently designed by a deranged monkey on some serious mind-controlling substances. But don't take it from me, I have it on good authority: http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/o_direct.html One might even say the best authority. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers