20050128: "sync" in ldmadmin stop

Harry,

>Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:37:02 -0800
>From: Harry Edmon <address@hidden>
>Organization: University of Washington
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20050128: "sync" in ldmadmin stop

The above message contained the following:

> I tried taking out the sync - it makes "ldmadmin stop" run much faster.

Interesting.

I wonder if that effect is operating-system dependent.  I know, for
example, that Linux has some "interesting" ideas about memory-mapping.

Sounds like some testing is in order.

Thanks for the feedback.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson