>> Is that what "sync" means in Linux? > >A sync write is one in which the application blocks until the OS acks that >the write has been committed to disk. An async write is given to the OS, >and the OS is permitted to buffer the write to disk at its own discretion. >Meaning the async write function call returns sooner, and the application is >free to continue doing other stuff, including issuing more writes. > >Async writes are faster from the point of view of the application. But sync >writes are done by applications which need to satisfy a race condition for >the sake of internal consistency. Applications which need to know their >next commands will not begin until after the previous sync write was >committed to disk.
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