| |||||||||||||
msync() and subtle behavioral tweaksmsync() and subtle behavioral tweaksPosted Jun 21, 2012 14:39 UTC (Thu) by mikemol (subscriber, #83507)Parent article: msync() and subtle behavioral tweaks
Just a guess, but if you change MS_ASYNC to immediately being syncing, wouldn't that reduce the kernel's ability to defer syncing in, e.g. mobile and low-power environments?
If my spinning platters started spinning more frequently (or failed to spin down as often), I know I'd be annoyed.
(Log in to post comments)
msync() and subtle behavioral tweaks Posted Jul 3, 2012 12:40 UTC (Tue) by philomath (guest, #84172) [Link]
In that case, why the MS_ASYNC at all? just leave it for the kernel.
In general, it doesn't make sense to have a flag that does nothing, just because it has never done anything.
|
|||||||||||||