linux-kernel - Re: [sqlite] light weight write barriers

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Date:	Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:02:44 -0500
From:	Vladislav Bolkhovitin <vst@...b.net>
To:	杨苏立 Yang Su Li <suli@...wisc.edu>
CC:	General Discussion of SQLite Database <sqlite-users@...ite.org>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Richard Hipp <drh@...ci.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [sqlite] light weight write barriers

杨苏立 Yang Su Li, on 11/15/2012 11:14 AM wrote:
> 1. fsync actually does two things at the same time: ordering writes (in a
> barrier-like manner), and forcing cached writes to disk. This makes it very
> difficult to implement fsync efficiently.

Exactly!

> However, logically they are two distinctive functionalities

Exactly!

Those two points are exactly why concept of barriers must be forgotten for sake of 
productivity and be replaced by a finer grained abstractions as well as why they 
where removed from the Linux kernel

Vlad
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