On Friday 12 January 2007 08:59, Ulrich Windl wrote:
> > According to the standard specification (e.g., SVID), sync() schedules
> > the writes, but may return before the actual writing is done.
> > However, since version 1.3.20 Linux does actually wait. (This still
> > does not guarantee data integrity: modern disks have large caches.)
>
> Disk hardware caches are no issue here until you pull the plug after a
> sync. We are talking about a sync in DomU...
I was citing to confirm that a sync *may* be non blocking .. but it is on
linux since a number of years :-)
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