Re: True fsync() in Linux (on IDE)

[Chris Mason]

On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 14:47, Jens Axboe wrote:

> > With 2.6.3 I have  both existing file and new file to complete in less
> > than 1 second. 
> 
> I believe some missed set_page_writeback() calls caused fsync() to never
> really wait on anything, pretty broken... IIRC, it's fixed in latest
> -mm, or maybe it's just pending for next release.

This should have only been broken in -mm.  Which kernels exactly are you
comparing?  Maybe the 3ware array defaults to different writecache
settings under 2.6?

-chris


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