Hi list, what is asynchronous read/write operation? How it is different from normal read/write operation? Normally i have seen that the file read/write operation is set to do_sync_read/write which in turns call to aio_read/write. So I could not able understand the difference. TIA, Vijay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ