i couldnt understand.."it depends"... depends on what?? there is no such circumstances... the question is simple... for every process whether the kernel allocates new buffer pool for the data knowing that the processes want to access the same data block.... or on other hand the processes use only a single copy of data to access On 1/17/07, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 -- Linux-cachefs mailing list Linux-cachefs@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cachefs
-- Gaurav....
