Mark Lord wrote: > You guys need to backup in this thread. > > Every example of O_DIRECT here could be replaced with > calls to mmap(), msync(), and madvise() (or posix_fadvise).
No. How about handling IO errors? There is no practical way for it with mmap(). > In addition to being at least as fast as O_DIRECT, > these have the added benefit of using the page cache > (avoiding reads for data already present, handling multiple > users of the same data, etc..). > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/