Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:24:07 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where did all my memory go? (file system cache) Message-ID: <4214FD67.7060801@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <84dead72050217081540fd7640@mail.gmail.com> References: <1108584730.95661.12.camel@server.mcneil.com> <20050216201716.GA28436@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <4213B3C8.3090508@centtech.com> <1108588393.12275.9.camel@server.mcneil.com> <20050216214031.GA2787@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <4213D3AA.70809@elischer.org> <84dead72050217081540fd7640@mail.gmail.com>
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Joseph Koshy wrote:
>> what I want is:
>>
>> int fd = open("myfile",...);
>> write1GBfiletodisk(fd, data);
>> ioctl(fd, PURGEFROMCACHE);
>> perform_md5(fd);
>>
>>and be sure that teh MD5 is that of what is on the disk.
>>not what is in RAM.
>
> unmount(file-system-of("myfile")) (even if it fails) ?
That's actually a pretty good suggestion, and is less intrusive than, say
rebooting, which is probably the only way to be entirely sure that the write
cache on the drive itself has been flushed. If the write cache is off, Julian
probably ought to be able to trust fsync(2)...?
--
-Chuck
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