Re: Can O_SYNC be implemented by using fsync?

From: Alessandro Suardi (asuardi@uninetcom.it)
Date: Mon May 15 2000 - 18:12:28 EDT

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Chris Wedgwood wrote:

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> Because linux does not yet support this I assume they use O_SYNC,
> hence it must be as fast as possible or things like Oracle will
> really suck.

Just checked (with strace ;), *all* files (controlfiles, redo, datafiles)
are opened O_SYNC in Oracle 8.1.6.1 for Linux.

Please don't slow this path down :)

--alessandro <asuardi@it.oracle.com> <asuardi@uninetcom.it>

Linux: kernel 2.2.15/2.3.99-pre8 glibc-2.1.3-15 gcc-2.95.2 binutils-2.9.5.0.42
Oracle: Oracle8i 8.1.6.1.0 Enterprise Edition for Linux

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