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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-06-13 10:51:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-06-13 10:51:02 +0000 |
| commit | 35a09d71ec596b8c9b0f366885d76de7be43ca60 (patch) | |
| tree | b0a32dfef4ebca0c3fcc6d10738c1e263421c57b /man2/sync_file_range.2 | |
| parent | cd1aabe6b10fcdd9673db5c6580a17bbdfbbf1f2 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-35a09d71ec596b8c9b0f366885d76de7be43ca60.tar.gz | |
SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE can block on writes greater than request
queue size. For some background, see
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/687713/focus=688340
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diff --git a/man2/sync_file_range.2 b/man2/sync_file_range.2 index 112658ac94..9bae126b64 100644 --- a/man2/sync_file_range.2 +++ b/man2/sync_file_range.2 @@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ before performing any write. .B SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE Initiate write-out of all dirty pages in the specified range which are not presently submitted write-out. +Note that even this may may block if you attempt to +write more than request queue size. .TP .B SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER Wait upon write-out of all pages in the range |