gaurav <gaurav1207@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i wanted to know what exact mechanism takes place at file system level when > two or more processes try to access the same data from the same disk in > linux 2.6.18 kernel ... > My query is that for every incoming process new buffer is allocated for the > data or the same buffer is used again and again. The answer is: it depends... Can you clarify the circumstances you're asking about? Is this involving FS-Cache? David