Subject: Re: letting userland issue FUA writes
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/17/2006 18:01:49
Bill Studenmund wrote:
> Ok, I like the 'x' syntax.
or vf?
> Yes, I know it applies to reads too. I'd need help doing the UVM magic to
> make that happen (basically flush the cache, zap the pages, then re-read
> them).
Do we need to worry about add a flag for mflush as well?
> Just to be clear, we're talking about not having an equivalent to
> pread/pwrite? I can live with that.
me too.
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