From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964979AbWD0Iaf (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:30:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964980AbWD0Iaf (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:30:35 -0400 Received: from webmail-outgoing2.us4.outblaze.com ([205.158.62.67]:54485 "EHLO webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964979AbWD0Iae convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:30:34 -0400 X-OB-Received: from unknown (208.36.123.30) by wfilter.us4.outblaze.com; 27 Apr 2006 08:24:56 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Artem Tashkinov" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:29:22 -0800 Subject: A possibility of turning off file caching for certain operations X-Originating-Ip: 84.254.208.53 X-Originating-Server: ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com Message-Id: <20060427082922.77DB586B12@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org A nice feature of emptying files and buffer cache was introduced in kernel 2.6.16 but my question is: Is it possible to turn off file caching for certain operations? E.g. I do not want the kernel to cache an ISO image which is being copied from HDD to the LAN or burned to CD. Best wishes, Artem -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10