(In reply to comment #301) > ...to start in the background ...
dd if=/dev/zero of=./bigfile bs=1M count=5000 & ./fsync-tester; [1] 5298 fsync time: 0.0266 fsync time: 0.7677 fsync time: 0.6938 fsync time: 0.5879 fsync time: 1.1956 fsync time: 0.9582 fsync time: 0.9866 fsync time: 1.1833 fsync time: 0.6964 fsync time: 0.9986 fsync time: 0.9624 fsync time: 0.9093 fsync time: 0.9999 fsync time: 0.4423 fsync time: 0.8406 fsync time: 1.0880 fsync time: 0.1754 fsync time: 0.9039 fsync time: 0.8727 fsync time: 0.1261 fsync time: 0.2749 fsync time: 0.8547 fsync time: 0.5241 fsync time: 0.8164 fsync time: 0.4006 fsync time: 0.6532 fsync time: 0.8521 fsync time: 0.4151 fsync time: 0.3384 fsync time: 0.3326 fsync time: 0.4330 fsync time: 0.5800 fsync time: 0.8854 fsync time: 0.5953 fsync time: 0.3899 fsync time: 0.6722 fsync time: 0.1056 fsync time: 0.5554 ^C
(In reply to comment #301)
> ...to start in the background ...
dd if=/dev/zero of=./bigfile bs=1M count=5000 & ./fsync-tester;
[1] 5298
fsync time: 0.0266
fsync time: 0.7677
fsync time: 0.6938
fsync time: 0.5879
fsync time: 1.1956
fsync time: 0.9582
fsync time: 0.9866
fsync time: 1.1833
fsync time: 0.6964
fsync time: 0.9986
fsync time: 0.9624
fsync time: 0.9093
fsync time: 0.9999
fsync time: 0.4423
fsync time: 0.8406
fsync time: 1.0880
fsync time: 0.1754
fsync time: 0.9039
fsync time: 0.8727
fsync time: 0.1261
fsync time: 0.2749
fsync time: 0.8547
fsync time: 0.5241
fsync time: 0.8164
fsync time: 0.4006
fsync time: 0.6532
fsync time: 0.8521
fsync time: 0.4151
fsync time: 0.3384
fsync time: 0.3326
fsync time: 0.4330
fsync time: 0.5800
fsync time: 0.8854
fsync time: 0.5953
fsync time: 0.3899
fsync time: 0.6722
fsync time: 0.1056
fsync time: 0.5554
^C