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From: "Bryn M. Reeves" <bmr-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: loody <miloody-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: David Laight
	<David.Laight-JxhZ9S5GRejQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Lars Melin <larsm17-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	"linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
	<linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	SCSI development list
	<linux-scsi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: dummy scsi read or scsi command periodically for external USB Hard Disk
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 17:25:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140707162554.GF19630@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANudz+s8R3AnxEJ229EwAOOxEk2WZUjMjoE3rwdRM1YM5ZO=og-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 12:15:54AM +0800, loody wrote:
> so sg_read will not hammer on the page cache like dd without "iflags=direct"
> 
> thanks for your kind help,

The sg_read program (and other programs in sg3_utils) sends a command directly
to the device using an SG_IO ioctl. This bypasses all the caching layers in
the kernel and always results in IO to the device (if it succeeds).

Regards,
Bryn.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-07-07 16:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-05 17:18 dummy scsi read or scsi command periodically for external USB Hard Disk loody
2014-07-07  9:20 ` Bryn M. Reeves
2014-07-07 14:37   ` loody
2014-07-07 14:59     ` Lars Melin
     [not found]       ` <53BAB5DF.5090606-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-07 15:06         ` David Laight
2014-07-07 15:39           ` loody
     [not found]             ` <CANudz+uOS3VVyz6FcHoui8z678R6Xc0CQrdqFRdS5NyfCB59Zw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-07 15:51               ` Lars Melin
2014-07-07 15:52             ` Bryn M. Reeves
     [not found]               ` <20140707155233.GD19630-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-07 16:15                 ` loody
     [not found]                   ` <CANudz+s8R3AnxEJ229EwAOOxEk2WZUjMjoE3rwdRM1YM5ZO=og-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-07 16:25                     ` Bryn M. Reeves [this message]
2014-07-09 14:15                       ` loody
2014-07-07 15:54     ` Alan Stern
     [not found]       ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1407071147130.871-100000-IYeN2dnnYyZXsRXLowluHWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-07 16:13         ` loody
2014-07-07 17:02           ` Alan Stern
     [not found]             ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1407071258360.871-100000-IYeN2dnnYyZXsRXLowluHWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-08 14:58               ` loody
     [not found]                 ` <CANudz+uRd3tRfPN-Fqcj5sSW-xkRSN-gERBP7HhUY_s5gEALbg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-08 16:00                   ` Alan Stern
     [not found]                     ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1407081149280.1283-100000-IYeN2dnnYyZXsRXLowluHWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-08 19:04                       ` loody
2014-07-08 19:26                         ` Alan Stern
2014-07-09  3:17                           ` loody
2014-07-09  8:37                             ` David Laight
2014-07-09 13:27                               ` loody
     [not found]                                 ` <CANudz+tQ4pJFmLTRsHtL=VjuCg30Af+7CpK1qRQM5TwwShoQtA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-09 14:25                                   ` Alan Stern
2014-07-09 14:19                             ` Alan Stern

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