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> Last I checked it's true that on Linux there is no non-blocking API for disk I/O, There is (see io_submit and friends) but the interface is incomplete and it
by SamReidHughes 11y ago
> Last I checked it's true that on Linux there is no non-blocking API for disk I/O,
There is (see io_submit and friends) but the interface is incomplete and it's often buggy. A thread pool works far better, and performance overhead (for anything in your 2.5" or 3.5" form factor) is minimal to non-existant.