try to use posix_fadvise, doesn't seem to reall work, though.

diff --git a/lib/base/filepush.cpp b/lib/base/filepush.cpp
index 5413f0483dbcb87fd32e1f84b6612444551c22ee..5ae2f15d7408daf277fe9b34b52241f9a59473fb 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/base/filepush.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/filepush.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <lib/base/filepush.h>
 #include <lib/base/eerror.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 eFilePushThread::eFilePushThread()
 {
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ static void signal_handler(int x)
 
 void eFilePushThread::thread()
 {
+       off_t dest_pos = 0;
        eDebug("FILEPUSH THREAD START");
                // this is a race. FIXME.
        
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ void eFilePushThread::thread()
        act.sa_flags = 0;
        sigaction(SIGUSR1, &act, 0);
        
+       dest_pos = lseek(m_fd_dest, 0, SEEK_CUR);
                /* m_stop must be evaluated after each syscall. */
        while (!m_stop)
        {
@@ -38,6 +41,10 @@ void eFilePushThread::thread()
                                eDebug("eFilePushThread *write error* - not yet handled");
                                // ... we would stop the thread
                        }
+
+                       posix_fadvise(m_fd_dest, dest_pos, w, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
+
+                       dest_pos += w;
 //                     printf("FILEPUSH: wrote %d bytes\n", w);
                        m_buf_start += w;
                        continue;