Re: [patch 00/11] ANNOUNCE: "Syslets", generic asynchronous systemcall support
From: Ulrich Drepper
Date: Tue Feb 13 2007 - 17:59:36 EST
Ingo Molnar wrote:
> really, what's the point behind aio_cancel()?
- sequence
aio_write()
aio_cancel()
aio_write()
with both writes going to the same place must be predictably
- think beyond files. Writes to sockets, ttys, they can block and
cancel must abort them. Even for files the same applies in some
situations, e.g., for network filesystems.
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