Add file:datasync/1 for syncing file contents only

file:datasync/1 invokes the POSIX system call "int fdatasync(int fd)".
This system call is similar to "fsync" but, unlike fsync, it does not
update the metadata associated with the file (like the access time for
example). It's used by many DBMSs (MySQL and SQLite of example) to
increase disk IO performance, as it avoids disk seeks and disk write
operations compared to fsync.

More details on it at:

http://linux.die.net/man/2/fdatasync

An example, from the MySQL source:

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-5.1-telco-6.1/annotate/head%3A/mysys/my_sync.c#L61

This new function just calls fsync on systems not implementing fdatasync.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/erts/emulator/drivers/common/ram_file_drv.c b/erts/emulator/drivers/common/ram_file_drv.c
index 4a39a156e6..d4e547ade6 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/drivers/common/ram_file_drv.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/drivers/common/ram_file_drv.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #define RAM_FILE_TRUNCATE      14
 #define RAM_FILE_PREAD         17
 #define RAM_FILE_PWRITE        18
+#define RAM_FILE_FDATASYNC     19
 
 /* other operations */
 #define RAM_FILE_GET           30
@@ -558,6 +559,13 @@ static void rfile_command(ErlDrvData e, char* buf, int count)
 	    numeric_reply(f, 0); /* 0 is not used */
 	break;
 
+    case RAM_FILE_FDATASYNC:
+	if (f->flags == 0)
+	    error_reply(f, EBADF);
+	else
+	    reply(f, 1, 0);
+	break;
+
     case RAM_FILE_FSYNC:
 	if (f->flags == 0)
 	    error_reply(f, EBADF);