Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 21:22:27 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, dg@root.com, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: User block device access (was: cvs commit: src/sys/miscfs/specfs spec_vnops.c src/sys/sys vnode.h src/sys/kern vfs_subr.c) Message-ID: <19990919212227.21537@hydrogen.fircrest.net> In-Reply-To: <199909191911.MAA73893@apollo.backplane.com>; from Matthew Dillon on Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 12:11:32PM -0700 References: <19990919183556.802C81CA7@overcee.netplex.com.au> <199909191911.MAA73893@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon scribbled this message on Sep 19: > People who don't care can use mmap() (which is inherently asynchronous > in regards to writes). People who do care can use write() and get > instant gratification. hmmm... I think that the application should recieve a signal of some sort (such as SIGBUS) if the mmap'd area can't be synced because of a write error, of course we would need to have a mechanism for the application to find out about the problem... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 408 975 9651 Cu Networking "The soul contains in itself the event that shall presently befall it. The event is only the actualizing of its thought." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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