From 21a67b797e40df930b83bd407ffc165b3f4b91b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Filipe David Manana Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:04:40 +0200 Subject: Add file:advise/4 - a wrapper to the POSIX syscall posix_fadvise Useful for informing the Operating System about the access pattern for a file's data, so that it can adapt the caching strategy to maximize disk IO performance. --- lib/kernel/src/file_io_server.erl | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib/kernel/src/file_io_server.erl') diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/file_io_server.erl b/lib/kernel/src/file_io_server.erl index d0b30192b3..39dc32bb79 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/src/file_io_server.erl +++ b/lib/kernel/src/file_io_server.erl @@ -198,6 +198,14 @@ io_reply(From, ReplyAs, Reply) -> %%%----------------------------------------------------------------- %%% file requests +file_request({advise,Offset,Length,Advise}, + #state{handle=Handle}=State) -> + case ?PRIM_FILE:advise(Handle, Offset, Length, Advise) of + {error,_}=Reply -> + {stop,normal,Reply,State}; + Reply -> + {reply,Reply,State} + end; file_request({pread,At,Sz}, #state{handle=Handle,buf=Buf,read_mode=ReadMode}=State) -> case position(Handle, At, Buf) of -- cgit v1.2.3