From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 23:37:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 23:37:13 -0500 Received: from [216.136.130.52] ([216.136.130.52]:3077 "HELO web10102.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 23:37:04 -0500 Message-ID: <20001220040634.26347.qmail@web10102.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:06:34 -0800 (PST) From: Al Peat Subject: Purging the Buffer Cache To: Linux Kernel Cc: myself MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Is there any way to completely purge the buffer cache -- not just the write requests (ala 'sync' or 'update'), but the whole thing? Can I just call invalidate_buffers() or destroy_buffers()? I know, why in the world would a person do such a thing? Research. It'd be easier for me to write a little program or add it to a module than wait for a reboot each time I need a clean buffer cache. Thanks in advance, Al __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/