RE: O_SYNC option doesn't work (2.4.18-3)

From: Trond Myklebust (trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no)
Date: Wed Aug 07 2002 - 12:19:07 EST


>>>>> " " == Gregory Giguashvili <Gregoryg@ParadigmGeo.com> writes:

>> The latter are found on ftp.kernel.org and mirrors...
> Are you saying that this problem is non-existent in the latest
> kernel patches? Can you, please, point to at least one of them?

No. I said that reporting bugs on RedHat-specific kernels should be
done to RedHat rather than to this list.

As for O_SYNC, AFAICS there are no bugs in the standard
kernel. However if you are thinking that O_SYNC means that you can
write simultaneously to the same file from 2 different clients, then
the answer is "the NFS protocol won't allow you to do that".
The *only* method of ensuring cache consistency in such a case is to
use POSIX file locking.

Cheers,
  Trond
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