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Date:	Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:45:54 +0200
From:	Greg Young <gregoryyoung1@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Transaction File implementation question

Been reading through tons of old threads about varying transaction
file implementations. As many of the discussions are old (some over a
decade) what is considered the best way of implementing today? It
appears that o_direct is frowned upon, is the current preferred
mechanism to use mmap and basically append pages + partial sync when
writing (one issue with the second is that it doesn't work in say
windows where as o_direct does)?

We currently follow the added constraints mentioned by Linus in an old
email (lost link) in that we use o_direct but prealloc and only use
o_direct when reading. Is it worth looking at a mmap implementation?

Thanks in advance,

Greg

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