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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sqlite-users@sqlite.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, drh@hwaci.com
Subject: light weight write barriers
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:17:23 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2fw5mtffg.fsf_-_@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALwJ=MzHjAOs4J4kGH6HLdwP8E88StDWyAPVumNg9zCWpS9Tdg@mail.gmail.com> (Richard Hipp's message of "Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:47:02 -0400")

Richard Hipp writes:
>
> We would really, really love to have some kind of write-barrier that is
> lighter than fsync().  If there is some method other than fsync() for
> forcing a write-barrier on Linux that we don't know about, please enlighten
> us.

Could you list the requirements of such a light weight barrier?
i.e. what would it need to do minimally, what's different from
fsync/fdatasync ?

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only

       reply	other threads:[~2012-10-10 17:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CALwJ=MzHjAOs4J4kGH6HLdwP8E88StDWyAPVumNg9zCWpS9Tdg@mail.gmail.com>
2012-10-10 17:17 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2012-10-11 16:32   ` [sqlite] light weight write barriers 杨苏立 Yang Su Li
2012-10-11 17:41     ` Christoph Hellwig
2012-10-23 19:53     ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-10-24 21:17       ` Nico Williams
2012-10-24 22:03         ` david
2012-10-25  0:20           ` Nico Williams
2012-10-25  1:04             ` david
2012-10-25  5:18               ` Nico Williams
2012-10-25  6:02                 ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-10-25  6:58                   ` david
2012-10-25 14:03                     ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-10-25 18:03                       ` david
2012-10-25 18:29                         ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-11-05 20:03                           ` Pavel Machek
2012-11-05 22:04                             ` Theodore Ts'o
     [not found]                               ` <CALwJ=Mx-uEFLXK2wywekk=0dwrwVFb68wocnH9bjXJmHRsJx3w@mail.gmail.com>
2012-11-05 23:00                                 ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-10-30 23:49                   ` Nico Williams
2012-10-25  5:42           ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-10-25  7:11             ` david
2012-10-27  1:52         ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-10-25  5:14       ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-10-25 13:03         ` Alan Cox
2012-10-25 13:50           ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-10-27  1:55             ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-10-27  1:54         ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-10-27  4:44           ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-10-30 22:22             ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-10-31  9:54               ` Alan Cox
2012-11-01 20:18                 ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-11-01 21:24                   ` Alan Cox
2012-11-02  0:15                     ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-11-02  0:38                     ` Howard Chu
2012-11-02 12:33                       ` Alan Cox
2012-11-13  3:41                         ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-11-13 17:40                           ` Alan Cox
2012-11-13 19:13                             ` Nico Williams
2012-11-15  1:17                               ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-11-15 12:07                                 ` David Lang
2012-11-16 15:06                                   ` Howard Chu
2012-11-16 15:31                                     ` Ric Wheeler
2012-11-16 15:54                                       ` Howard Chu
2012-11-16 18:03                                         ` Ric Wheeler
2012-11-16 19:14                                     ` David Lang
2012-11-17  5:02                                   ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
     [not found]                                   ` <CABK4GYNGrbes2Yhig4ioh-37OXg6iy6gqb3u8A2P2_dqNpMqoQ@mail.gmail.com>
2012-11-17  5:02                                     ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-11-15 17:06                                 ` Ryan Johnson
2012-11-15 22:35                                   ` Chris Friesen
2012-11-17  5:02                                     ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-11-20  1:23                                       ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-11-26 20:05                                         ` Nico Williams
2012-11-29  2:15                                           ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-11-15  1:16                             ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2012-11-13  3:37                       ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
     [not found]                       ` <CALwJ=MwtFAz7uby+YzPPp2eBG-y+TUTOu9E9tEJbygDQW+s_tg@mail.gmail.com>
2012-11-13  3:41                         ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
     [not found]           ` <CABK4GYMmigmi7YM9A5Aga21ZWoMKgUe3eX-AhPzLw9CnYhpcGA@mail.gmail.com>
2012-11-13  3:42             ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
     [not found]   ` <CALwJ=MyR+nU3zqi3V3JMuEGNwd8FUsw9xLACJvd0HoBv3kRi0w@mail.gmail.com>
2012-10-11 16:38     ` Nico Williams
2012-10-11 16:48       ` Nico Williams

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