Btw, a little update on O_RSYNC: I have a patch that should work, but surprisingly enough it doesn't. Seem like the O_ flags grew too large and somewhere in the middle they get truncated off. Here's what I have so far: Index: linux-2.6/fs/splice.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/splice.c 2009-09-15 00:06:09.737003454 -0300 +++ linux-2.6/fs/splice.c 2009-09-15 00:08:23.669254032 -0300 @@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct if (unlikely(left < len)) len = left; + ret = generic_read_sync(in, *ppos, len); + if (ret) + return ret; + ret = __generic_file_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags); if (ret > 0) { *ppos += ret; Index: linux-2.6/fs/sync.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/sync.c 2009-09-15 00:08:23.180271144 -0300 +++ linux-2.6/fs/sync.c 2009-09-15 00:28:41.359031442 -0300 @@ -295,6 +295,33 @@ int generic_write_sync(struct file *file } EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_write_sync); +/** + * generic_read_sync - perform syncing befor + * @file: file to which the read happens + * @pos: offset where the read starts + * @count: length of the read + * + * This implements the O_RSYNC semantics: + * O_RSYNC on its own just means the data is successfully transferred to + * the calling process (always the case). + * + * O_RSYNC|O_DSYNC means that if a read request hits data that is currently + * in a cache and not yet on the medium, then the write to medium is + * successful before the read succeeds. + * + * O_RSYNC|O_SYNC means the same plus the integrity of file meta information + * (access time etc). + */ +int generic_read_sync(struct file *file, loff_t pos, loff_t count) +{ + if (((file->f_flags & (O_RSYNC|O_DSYNC)) != (O_RSYNC|O_DSYNC))) + return 0; + return vfs_fsync_range(file, file->f_path.dentry, pos, + pos + count - 1, + (file->f_flags & __O_SYNC) ? 0 : 1); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_read_sync); + /* * sys_sync_file_range() permits finely controlled syncing over a segment of * a file in the range offset .. (offset+nbytes-1) inclusive. If nbytes is Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h 2009-09-15 00:08:23.162254189 -0300 +++ linux-2.6/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h 2009-09-15 00:08:23.672254134 -0300 @@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ #define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC) #endif +#ifndef O_RSYNC +#define O_RSYNC 010000000 +#endif + #ifndef O_NDELAY #define O_NDELAY O_NONBLOCK #endif Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/fs.h 2009-09-15 00:06:09.758004312 -0300 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h 2009-09-15 00:08:23.673254191 -0300 @@ -2097,6 +2097,7 @@ extern int vfs_fsync_range(struct file * loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync); extern int vfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync); extern int generic_write_sync(struct file *file, loff_t pos, loff_t count); +extern int generic_read_sync(struct file *file, loff_t pos, loff_t count); extern void sync_supers(void); extern void emergency_sync(void); extern void emergency_remount(void); Index: linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/filemap.c 2009-09-15 00:06:09.764004377 -0300 +++ linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c 2009-09-15 00:08:23.676300248 -0300 @@ -1285,6 +1285,10 @@ generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb if (retval) return retval; + retval = generic_read_sync(filp, pos, count); + if (retval) + return retval; + /* coalesce the iovecs and go direct-to-BIO for O_DIRECT */ if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) { loff_t size; Index: linux-2.6/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h 2009-09-15 00:08:23.169254241 -0300 +++ linux-2.6/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h 2009-09-15 00:08:23.678253988 -0300 @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ */ #define __O_SYNC 020000000 #define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC) +#define O_RSYNC 040000000 #define F_GETLK 7 #define F_SETLK 8 Index: linux-2.6/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h 2009-09-15 00:08:23.172253854 -0300 +++ linux-2.6/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h 2009-09-15 00:08:23.678253988 -0300 @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ #define __O_SYNC 0x4000 #define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC) #define O_DIRECT 0x8000 /* direct disk access hint */ +#define O_DSYNC 0x10000 #define F_GETLK 14 #define F_SETLK 6 Index: linux-2.6/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h 2009-09-15 00:08:23.178298896 -0300 +++ linux-2.6/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h 2009-09-15 00:08:23.680301735 -0300 @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #define O_RSYNC 002000000 /* HPUX only */ #define O_NOATIME 004000000 #define O_CLOEXEC 010000000 /* set close_on_exec */ +#define O_RSYNC 020000000 #define O_DIRECTORY 000010000 /* must be a directory */ #define O_NOFOLLOW 000000200 /* don't follow links */ Index: linux-2.6/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h 2009-09-15 00:08:23.179254674 -0300 +++ linux-2.6/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h 2009-09-15 00:08:23.681254370 -0300 @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ */ #define __O_SYNC 0x800000 #define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC) +#define O_RSYNC 0x1000000 #define F_GETOWN 5 /* for sockets. */ #define F_SETOWN 6 /* for sockets. */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html