[opensuse] Re: XFS and openSUSE 12.1

Greg Freemyer wrote:

open() write() fsync() posix_fadvise(fd, 0, len, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED) close()

FWIW -- the calls are *advisory*, meaning the kernel may still not do what you want, versus, O_DIRECT you are avoiding the membuffer and its associated "garbage collection", altogether. So if it works for you, yeay! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org