Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:59:07 -0800 | From | Ulrich Drepper <> | Subject | Re: [patch 00/11] ANNOUNCE: "Syslets", generic asynchronous system call support |
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Ingo Molnar wrote: > really, what's the point behind aio_cancel()?
- sequence
aio_write() aio_cancel() aio_write()
with both writes going to the same place must be predictably
- think beyond files. Writes to sockets, ttys, they can block and cancel must abort them. Even for files the same applies in some situations, e.g., for network filesystems.
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