Re: Pre-approval request for dpkg sync() changes for squeeze
On 10/25/2010 4:28 AM, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Except that the fsync() patches from RedHat were never added to the AIO
> code in the kernel. The portable way for this is to mmap() the files and
> msync() them with MS_ASYNC. But that makes catching write errors a
> nightmare.
Blast. Then I guess O_DIRECT aio is the way to go. Either that or a
kernel interface change is needed to convey the right caching policy.
Seems like the latter would be the better choice, but also more
difficult to get off the ground.
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