From: Eric Wong Date: 2011-03-26T02:20:10+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:35554] [Ruby 1.9 - Bug #4526][Open] [PATCH] IO#syswrite releases GVL Issue #4526 has been reported by Eric Wong. ---------------------------------------- Bug #4526: [PATCH] IO#syswrite releases GVL http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4526 Author: Eric Wong Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: core Target version: 1.9.x ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3dev (2011-03-25 trunk 31173) [x86_64-linux] While local FS writes are usually buffered, the buffers can be full or the file opened with O_SYNC. IO#syswrite can also be used on blocking IOs (pipe/socket) just like IO#write. -- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org