[mythtv-users] Use of fsync

[Eric Sharkey]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
<gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Rich Freeman
> For the "average" Linux system, suggesting to Linux to
> flush the buffer(s) regularly results in an overall improved
> experience.

Except that fdatasync is more than just a suggestion.  If you wanted
to use a suggestion, wouldn't posix_fadvise(..., POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED)
be gentler?

Eric