* pass --drop-cache on to the remote server
* make test works now
+To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
+
+ patch -p1 <patches/drop-cache.diff
+ ./configure (optional if already run)
+ make
+
+based-on: 3b8f8192227b14e708bf535072485e50f4362270
diff --git a/checksum.c b/checksum.c
--- a/checksum.c
+++ b/checksum.c
-@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ extern int protocol_version;
-
- int csum_length = SHORT_SUM_LENGTH; /* initial value */
+@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
+ extern int checksum_seed;
+ extern int protocol_version;
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE64
+#define close(fd) fadv_close(fd)
diff --git a/cleanup.c b/cleanup.c
--- a/cleanup.c
+++ b/cleanup.c
-@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ void close_all(void)
+@@ -47,7 +47,13 @@ void close_all(void)
int fd;
int ret;
STRUCT_STAT st;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
-@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(waitpid wait4 getcwd strdup chown chmod lchmod mknod mkfifo \
- strlcat strlcpy strtol mallinfo getgroups setgroups geteuid getegid \
+@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(waitpid wait4 getcwd strdup chown chmod lchmod mknod mkfifo \
setlocale setmode open64 lseek64 mkstemp64 mtrace va_copy __va_copy \
strerror putenv iconv_open locale_charset nl_langinfo getxattr \
-- extattr_get_link sigaction sigprocmask setattrlist)
-+ extattr_get_link sigaction sigprocmask setattrlist posix_fadvise64)
+ extattr_get_link sigaction sigprocmask setattrlist getgrouplist \
+- initgroups utimensat)
++ initgroups utimensat posix_fadvise64)
dnl cygwin iconv.h defines iconv_open as libiconv_open
if test x"$ac_cv_func_iconv_open" != x"yes"; then
diff --git a/fileio.c b/fileio.c
--- a/fileio.c
+++ b/fileio.c
-@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ extern int sparse_files;
+@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ extern int sparse_files;
static char last_byte;
- static size_t sparse_seek = 0;
+ static OFF_T sparse_seek = 0;
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE64
+#define close(fd) fadv_close(fd)
diff --git a/generator.c b/generator.c
--- a/generator.c
+++ b/generator.c
-@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ static int need_retouch_dir_times;
+@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ static int need_retouch_dir_times;
static int need_retouch_dir_perms;
static const char *solo_file = NULL;
+#define close(fd) fadv_close(fd)
+#endif
+
- /* For calling delete_item() and delete_dir_contents(). */
- #define DEL_NO_UID_WRITE (1<<0) /* file/dir has our uid w/o write perm */
- #define DEL_RECURSE (1<<1) /* if dir, delete all contents */
+ enum nonregtype {
+ TYPE_DIR, TYPE_SPECIAL, TYPE_DEVICE, TYPE_SYMLINK
+ };
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
int cvs_exclude = 0;
int dry_run = 0;
int do_xfers = 1;
-@@ -326,6 +327,9 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
+@@ -671,6 +672,9 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
rprintf(F," --backup-dir=DIR make backups into hierarchy based in DIR\n");
rprintf(F," --suffix=SUFFIX set backup suffix (default %s w/o --backup-dir)\n",BACKUP_SUFFIX);
rprintf(F," -u, --update skip files that are newer on the receiver\n");
rprintf(F," --inplace update destination files in-place (SEE MAN PAGE)\n");
rprintf(F," --append append data onto shorter files\n");
rprintf(F," --append-verify like --append, but with old data in file checksum\n");
-@@ -534,6 +538,9 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
+@@ -892,6 +896,9 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
{"no-one-file-system",'x',POPT_ARG_VAL, &one_file_system, 0, 0, 0 },
{"no-x", 'x', POPT_ARG_VAL, &one_file_system, 0, 0, 0 },
{"update", 'u', POPT_ARG_NONE, &update_only, 0, 0, 0 },
{"existing", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_non_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
{"ignore-non-existing",0,POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_non_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
{"ignore-existing", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
-@@ -1719,6 +1726,11 @@ void server_options(char **args, int *argc_p)
+@@ -2253,6 +2260,11 @@ void server_options(char **args, int *argc_p)
if (!am_sender)
args[ac++] = "--sender";
diff --git a/receiver.c b/receiver.c
--- a/receiver.c
+++ b/receiver.c
-@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ static flist_ndx_list batch_redo_list;
+@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ static flist_ndx_list batch_redo_list;
/* We're either updating the basis file or an identical copy: */
static int updating_basis_or_equiv;
+#define close(fd) fadv_close(fd)
+#endif
+
- /*
- * get_tmpname() - create a tmp filename for a given filename
- *
+ #define TMPNAME_SUFFIX ".XXXXXX"
+ #define TMPNAME_SUFFIX_LEN ((int)sizeof TMPNAME_SUFFIX - 1)
+ #define MAX_UNIQUE_NUMBER 999999
diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
-@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description. verb(
+@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description. verb(
--super receiver attempts super-user activities
--fake-super store/recover privileged attrs using xattrs
-S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently
-n, --dry-run perform a trial run with no changes made
-W, --whole-file copy files whole (w/o delta-xfer algorithm)
-x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries
-@@ -1049,6 +1050,10 @@ NOTE: Don't use this option when the destination is a Solaris "tmpfs"
- filesystem. It doesn't seem to handle seeks over null regions
- correctly and ends up corrupting the files.
+@@ -1127,6 +1128,10 @@ NOTE: Don't use this option when the destination is a Solaris "tmpfs"
+ filesystem. It seems to have problems seeking over null regions,
+ and ends up corrupting the files.
+dit(bf(--drop-cache)) Tell the OS to drop the caching of the file data. This
+prevents rsync from filling up the filesystem cache. This can sometimes help
diff --git a/sender.c b/sender.c
--- a/sender.c
+++ b/sender.c
-@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ extern int write_batch;
- extern struct stats stats;
- extern struct file_list *cur_flist, *first_flist, *dir_flist;
+@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ extern struct file_list *cur_flist, *first_flist, *dir_flist;
+
+ BOOL extra_flist_sending_enabled;
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE64
+#define close(fd) fadv_close(fd)
--- a/t_unsafe.c
+++ b/t_unsafe.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ int am_root = 0;
+ int am_sender = 1;
int read_only = 0;
int list_only = 0;
- int verbose = 0;
+int drop_cache = 0;
+ int human_readable = 0;
int preserve_perms = 0;
int preserve_executability = 0;
-
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
-@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
- extern int verbose;
+@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
+
extern int dry_run;
extern int module_id;
+extern int drop_cache;
extern int modify_window;
extern int relative_paths;
- extern int human_readable;
+ extern int preserve_xattrs;
@@ -42,6 +43,131 @@ char curr_dir[MAXPATHLEN];
unsigned int curr_dir_len;
int curr_dir_depth; /* This is only set for a sanitizing daemon. */