Re: Can O_SYNC be implemented by using fsync?

From: Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Date: Thu May 18 2000 - 11:01:47 EST


Hi,

On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 09:00:44AM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
>
> Ooh, baby. That sounds lovely.
> The API you're working on is the standard aio_write(), though, isn't it?
> Or does that not fit the requirements?

No, it's far, *far* more powerful than aio_write. The normal posix
aio functions like aio_write will be achievable through it, but it will
support a lot more (such as things like allowing arbitrary copy of data
without it ever having to reach user space at all).

--Stephen

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