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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Greg Sullivan <greg.sullivan@sullivang.net>
Cc: fio@vger.kernel.org, Bruce Cran <BCran@fusionio.com>
Subject: Re: "Invalidate" not functional on Windows?
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:06:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <502A4D53.7080801@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHaS=Qw-2ZvfvhyAHUN_y9HADFihuB=h5g=JmV9_wa27S=1Lag@mail.gmail.com>

On 08/14/2012 06:57 AM, Greg Sullivan wrote:
> I need to perform reads without using any caching. I have the line
> "invalidate=1" in my job file, however it is still using the cache.  I
> am running Windows 7 32-bit. Is the "invalidate" command supposed to
> be functional on Windows? If so, what am I doing wrong?
> 
> That aside, what a great utility this is - thankyou!!

As far as what I remember from talking/mailing with Bruce (CC'ed),
there's no way to invalidate the cache in Windows.

-- 
Jens Axboe


  reply	other threads:[~2012-08-14 13:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CAHaS=QzLW_CcDATeZnWXPEiVEGRJr9UHdohyJo53M4pp+hh27g@mail.gmail.com>
2012-08-14  4:57 ` "Invalidate" not functional on Windows? Greg Sullivan
2012-08-14 13:06   ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2012-08-14 17:33     ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-08-14 17:40       ` Bruce Cran
2012-08-14 17:50       ` Martin Steigerwald

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