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

[Hans Reiser]

Chris Mason wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 15:48, Hans Reiser wrote:
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> > Chris Mason wrote:
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> > > > and I was imprecise, I should have asked, does fsync flush the disk 
> > > > cache regardless of what mount options are set or data/metadata touched 
> > > > in the 2.6 patches?
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> > Forgive my relentlessness, is the answer to the above yes?
> >    
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> Yes ;-) One goal of the 2.6 patches is to make it possible for higher
> levels to easily insert flushes when needed.  The reiserfs fsync and
> ext3 fsync code will both do this.
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will do it, or do do it?

> I realized I wasn't clear about device mapper and md earlier, both need
> extra work to aggregate the flushes down to the drives.  They don't yet
> support flushing.
>
> -chris
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Sounds like things are very much unfinished and you guys need more time 
before these patches are ready for inclusion.  We need to get reiser4 to 
use this stuff.  Zam, put that in your todo list.

--
Hans

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