Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751384AbWCFPGj (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 10:06:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751385AbWCFPGj (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 10:06:39 -0500 Received: from iriserv.iradimed.com ([69.44.168.233]:28766 "EHLO iradimed.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751384AbWCFPGi (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 10:06:38 -0500 Message-ID: <440C4F9E.6060501@cfl.rr.com> Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:05:02 -0500 From: Phillip Susi User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Aloni CC: Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: Status of AIO References: <20060306062402.GA25284@localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20060306062402.GA25284@localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Mar 2006 15:08:43.0561 (UTC) FILETIME=[DBEC6990:01C6412F] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-7.2.0.1122-3.52.1006-14307.000 X-TM-AS-Result: No--9.700000-5.000000-31 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 896 Lines: 27 Dan Aloni wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to assert the status of AIO under the current version I think you mean ascertain. > of Linux 2.6. However by searching I wasn't able to find any > indication about it's current state. Is there anyone using it > under a production environment? > > I'd like to know how complete it is and whether socket AIO is > adaquately supported. > > Thanks, > AFAIK, it is not yet supported by the sockets layer, and the glibc posix aio apis do NOT use the kernel aio support. I have done some experimentation with it by hacking dd, but from what I can tell, it is not used in any sort of production capacity. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/