Add support for O_ATOMIC
O_ATOMIC makes writes atomic, meaning that they are fully stable
on media (in the event of a power cut) when acknowledged by the
device and OS.
This only truly works on Linux with the pending patches to
add O_ATOMIC.
Updated by Jens to:
- Add man page and HOWTO description of the option
- Make O_ATOMIC imply O_DIRECT, so that it actually works if you
don't set O_DIRECT manually.
- Add the option to the conversion list so it works for
client/server.
- Error handling so that if atomic=1 is set and the OS does not
support it, error out instead of just pretending it works.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
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