* Bernd Eckenfels: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> 3. I open a file w/o O_SYNC, issue a bunch of writes, then call >> ioctl(FIOASYNC) to set the fd sync, then issure a second set of writes. >> Only the second set of writes are synchronous? > > I also am curious if one can open a file, write to it, close it, open it and > do fsync()/fdatasync() on it?
Hopefully the fsync/fdatasync call will flush all previous writes (even from other processes). Berkeley DB relies on this behavior for correct operation. - 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/
