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support was missing in the previous version of the AIO code. More tunables added, and very efficient support for VCHR files has been added. Kernel threads are not used for VCHR files, all work for such files is done for the requesting process directly. Some attempt has been made to charge the requesting process for resource utilization, but more work is needed. aio_fsync is still missing (but the original fsync system call can be used for now.) aio_cancel is essentially a noop, but that is okay per POSIX. More aio_cancel functionality can be added later, if it is found to be needed. The functions implemented include: aio_read, aio_write, lio_listio, aio_error, aio_return, aio_cancel, aio_suspend. The code has been implemented to support the POSIX spec 1003.1b (formerly known as POSIX 1003.4 spec) features of the above. The async I/O features are truly async, with the VCHR mode of operation being essentially the same as physio (for appropriate files) for maximum efficiency. This code also supports the signal capability, is highly tunable, allowing management of resource usage, and has been written to allow a per process usage quota. Both the O'Reilly POSIX.4 book and the actual POSIX 1003.1b document were the reference specs used. Any filedescriptor can be used with these new system calls. I know of no exceptions where these system calls will not work. (TTY's will also probably work.) |
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