Re: Can O_SYNC be implemented by using fsync?

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Mon May 15 2000 - 15:47:52 EDT

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> Well, maybe O_SYNC is so rare that slowdown might be acceptable.

it isnt. Its a performance critical path for databases.

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