Re: vectorized fsyncv(2) syscall -- useful?

[Bill Stouder-Studenmund <wrstuden%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 08:45:49PM +0000, Edward B. DREGER wrote:
> readv(2)/writev(2) are the vectorized forms of read(2)/write(2).  They
> exist to reduce the number of context switches required when dealing
> with batches of IO.
> 
> I think that it would be both useful and trivial to add an fsyncv(2)
> syscall to src/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c.  I'm thinking along the lines
> of:

Why? What is wrong with just calling fsync or fsync_range()?

More to the point, what app needs this to perform well?

Take care,

Bill

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