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Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 12:56:52 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> CC: Alex Bligh <alex@...x.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: REQ_FLUSH, REQ_FUA and open/close of block devices On 05/22/2011 06:44 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > And btw, I'd like to know what makes sync_file_range so tempting, > even after I added documentation explaining why it's almost always > wrong to use it to the man page. Because Linus used it to describe how to stream data to disk, such as what MythTV does. Example: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0904.0/01076.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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