how to flush out cache.?
Julian Elischer
julian at elischer.org
Wed Apr 21 13:46:06 PDT 2004
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Steve Watt wrote:
> On Apr 21, 13:28, Julian Elischer wrote:
> } Subject: Re: how to flush out cache.?
> }
> } On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Steve Watt wrote:
> }
> } > In article <Pine.BSF.4.21.0404211219460.31770-100000 at InterJet.elischer.org> you write:
> } > >
> } > >Ok so I have an application where I need to
> } > >reread a file I have just written to ensure that it went to disk
> } > >correctly..
> } >
> } > What are you hoping to accomplish? There are probably other ways
> } > to solve the larger problem.
> }
> } I thought I was being clear..
> } I need to remove all the pages from cache so that a reread of the file
> } is forced to go to disk.
> } and I don't want to go read a 2GB dummy file to force the flush..
>
> No, my question is "what are you trying to accomplish with the
> reread", at a higher level than "I want to know it's on disk". Is
> there some reason you have for not trusting the hardware? Are you
> trying to do a database commit protocol? Debugging the storage
> system?
>
> } Someone suggested that I read the file usign 'dump' through the raw
> } device..
>
> Even doing that doesn't necessarily mean the bits have made it onto
> the rotating media. There can also be caches in the disk controller,
> and/or caches on the drive itself. If you're trying for a case where
> you want to pull the power, unmounting and remounting the filesystem
> will get it about as close as you can.
The disk caches are small enough.. we are talking about multi gigabyte
files getting a few blocks bad somewhere in the middle.
(and yes the machines have enough RAM to cache the files).
>
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