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0 pointskragen1y ago0 comments

That flushes, just like the fsync() system call mentioned in Luu's post.

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ryao1y ago

It actually writes dirty data and then flushes.

That said, IO barriers in storage are typically synonymous with flushes. For example, the ext4 nobarrier mount option disables flushes.

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ryao1y ago

It actually writes dirty data and then flushes.

That said, IO barriers in storage are typically synonymous with flushes. For example, the ext4 nobarrier mount option disables flushes.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse