Re: [PATCH] O_STREAMING - flag for optimal streaming I/O

From: Erik Andersen (andersen@codepoet.org)
Date: Thu Oct 10 2002 - 17:58:32 EST

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On Thu Oct 10, 2002 at 03:50:50PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> You are missing the point. If the app thinks that might happen, it
> shouldn't use O_STREAMING.
>
> Though, how do you get around some binary app using O_STREAMING when it
> shouldn't?

LD_PRELOAD to overload open(2) should do the job nicely

-Erik

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