Re: msync() behaviour broken for MS_ASYNC, revert patch?

Nick Piggin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If you want to start the IO *now* without waiting on it, call msync(MS_ASYNC)
>  If you don't want to start the IO now, that's really easy, do nothing.
>  If you want to start the IO now and also wait for it to finish, call msync(MS_SYNC)

I've already explained the problems with the start-io-in-MS_ASYNC approach.

>  Presently, the first option is unavailable.

We need to patch the kernel either way.  There's no point in going back to
either the known-problematic approach or to something half-assed.
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