From: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>
To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: async vs. sync
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:36:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041122153655.GH1291@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <482A3FA0050D21419C269D13989C61130435EB6E@lavender-fe.eng.netapp.com>
On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 10:48:12AM -0800, Lever, Charles wrote:
> i'm just looking for clarification so i can provide a good explanation
> in the Linux NFS FAQ about the evils of using "async." i'll cruise
> through the server code.
Just about the only reason for async I can think of is if you have an
incoming data stream you need to write at a constant rate (think of a
diskless set top box writing an mpeg2 stream)
Olaf
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-22 15:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-16 18:48 async vs. sync Lever, Charles
2004-11-22 15:36 ` Olaf Kirch [this message]
2004-11-22 17:55 ` jehan.procaccia
2004-11-22 18:06 ` Roger Heflin
2004-11-22 18:46 ` jehan.procaccia
2004-11-22 19:10 ` Roger Heflin
2004-11-22 21:44 ` jehan procaccia
2004-11-22 21:52 ` jehan procaccia
2004-11-22 22:20 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-11-22 22:57 ` jehan procaccia
2004-11-23 9:50 ` jehan procaccia
2004-11-23 14:57 ` J. Bruce Fields
2004-11-22 18:08 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-11-22 18:57 ` jehan.procaccia
2004-11-22 19:05 ` Roger Heflin
2004-11-22 20:14 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-11-22 21:04 ` Paul Cunningham
2004-11-22 21:14 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-11-22 22:07 ` Paul Cunningham
2004-11-22 22:26 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-11-22 22:34 ` Configuring NFS service for speed - " Neil Brown
2004-11-22 23:36 ` jehan procaccia
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2004-11-24 19:05 Lever, Charles
2004-11-23 16:36 Lever, Charles
2004-11-23 18:16 ` Dan Stromberg
2004-11-23 14:30 Lever, Charles
2004-11-23 21:46 ` jehan procaccia
2004-11-24 18:45 ` jehan.procaccia
2004-11-24 22:24 ` Neil Brown
2004-11-24 23:14 ` jehan procaccia
2004-11-24 23:34 ` Neil Brown
2004-11-24 22:09 ` Neil Brown
[not found] ` <Pine.GSO.4.53.0412010900500.5486@int1.cdc.noaa.gov>
2004-12-01 17:27 ` jehan.procaccia
2004-11-23 3:53 Lever, Charles
2004-11-23 16:33 ` Dan Stromberg
2004-11-22 22:14 Lever, Charles
[not found] <20041122214605.8E2B31D0FE1@sc8-sf-uberspam1.sourceforge.net>
2004-11-22 21:57 ` Joshua Baker-LePain
2004-11-22 21:50 Lever, Charles
2004-11-22 22:06 ` jehan procaccia
2004-11-23 1:09 ` Dan Stromberg
2004-11-22 19:02 Lever, Charles
2004-11-22 21:25 ` jehan procaccia
2004-11-22 21:45 ` Nicolas.Kowalski
2004-11-22 23:51 ` jehan procaccia
2004-11-22 18:31 Lever, Charles
2004-11-16 18:45 Lever, Charles
2004-11-16 16:15 Lever, Charles
2004-11-16 16:32 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-11-16 17:18 ` jehan.procaccia
2004-11-16 18:08 ` Trond Myklebust
[not found] <482A3FA0050D21419C269D13989C61130435E530@lavender-fe.eng.netapp.com>
2004-07-27 15:07 ` Bernd Schubert
2004-07-26 23:05 John Roberts
[not found] <482A3FA0050D21419C269D13989C61130435E523@lavender-fe.eng.netapp.com>
2004-07-26 21:28 ` Bernd Schubert
[not found] <482A3FA0050D21419C269D13989C61130435E51E@lavender-fe.eng.netapp.com>
2004-07-26 17:05 ` Bernd Schubert
2004-07-26 19:47 ` Jan Bruvoll
2004-07-26 22:06 ` Bernd Schubert
2004-07-27 12:00 ` Jan Bruvoll
2004-07-27 13:00 ` Bernd Schubert
2004-07-27 13:56 ` raven
2004-07-27 14:04 ` Jan Bruvoll
2004-07-27 14:11 ` Jan Bruvoll
2004-07-28 8:56 ` Olaf Kirch
2004-07-28 12:35 ` Bernd Schubert
2004-07-28 12:49 ` Olaf Kirch
2004-07-23 16:20 Linux NFS writes to Solaris very, very slow John Roberts
2004-07-26 15:17 ` async vs. sync Bernd Schubert
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