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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 16:58:32 -0600
From: Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] O_STREAMING - flag for optimal streaming I/O
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On Thu Oct 10, 2002 at 03:50:50PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> You are missing the point.  If the app thinks that might happen, it
> shouldn't use O_STREAMING.
> 
> Though, how do you get around some binary app using O_STREAMING when it
> shouldn't?

LD_PRELOAD to overload open(2) should do the job nicely

 -Erik

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