Re: O_DIRECT question

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 21:26 +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 
> >> But seriously - what about just disallowing non-O_DIRECT opens together
> >> with O_DIRECT ones ?
> >>   
> > Please do not create a new local DOS attack.
> > I open some important file, say /etc/resolv.conf
> > with O_DIRECT and just sit on the open handle.
> > Now nobody else can open that file because
> > it is "busy" with O_DIRECT ?
> 
> Suspend O_DIRECT access while non-O_DIRECT-fds are open, fdatasync on close?

.. then any user can impact the operation, performance and reliability
of the database application of another user... sounds like plugging one
hole by making a bigger hole ;)


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