Defending against page-cache attacks
Defending against page-cache attacks
Posted Jan 18, 2019 13:20 UTC (Fri) by amarao (guest, #87073)In reply to: Defending against page-cache attacks by mangix
Parent article: Defending against page-cache attacks
> wonder how many programs will use O_DIRECT now. Or am I misunderstanding things?
A lot of server apps, specifically on IO side (iscsi, different storage/cluster/database software). The faster underlying device is, the more desirable is to use O_DIRECT for the access.
A lot of server apps, specifically on IO side (iscsi, different storage/cluster/database software). The faster underlying device is, the more desirable is to use O_DIRECT for the access.