In article <87n0blgs9g.fsf@stark.dyndns.tv>,
Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> wrote:
>Currently the linux-kernel folks are talking about how to integrate an IDE
>SYNC operation into the world. It looks like filesystems with journals will
>issue an IDE SYNC to checkpoint the journal, but it doesn't really look like
>they're planning to hook it into fsync unless people speak up and explain what
>databases need in that regard. However SYNC flushes the entire cache and means
>that all other writes are blocked until the SYNC completes.
>
>http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0304.1/0450.html
Also, if you're interested in this kind of stuff and what's going on
in the Linux kernel development circles, Google for "ide write barrier".
For example http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/10/13/87
Mike.
