minio/internal/disk/fdatasync_linux.go

//go:build linux
// +build linux

// Copyright (c) 2015-2021 MinIO, Inc.
//
// This file is part of MinIO Object Storage stack
//
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//
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package disk

import (
	"os"
	"syscall"
)

// Fdatasync - fdatasync() is similar to fsync(), but does not flush modified metadata
// unless that metadata is needed in order to allow a subsequent data retrieval
// to  be  correctly  handled.   For example, changes to st_atime or st_mtime
// (respectively, time of last access and time of last modification; see inode(7))
// do not require flushing because they are not necessary for a subsequent data
// read to be handled correctly. On the other hand, a change to the file size
// (st_size, as made by say ftruncate(2)), would require a metadata flush.
//
// The aim of fdatasync() is to reduce disk activity for applications that
// do not require all metadata to be synchronized with the disk.
func Fdatasync(f *os.File) error {
	return syscall.Fdatasync(int(f.Fd()))
}