Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262064AbUCVPfZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Mar 2004 10:35:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262065AbUCVPfY (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Mar 2004 10:35:24 -0500 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([213.86.99.234]:52237 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262064AbUCVPfU (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Mar 2004 10:35:20 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:35:11 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Jens Axboe , Heikki Tuuri , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: True fsync() in Linux (on IDE) Message-ID: <20040322153511.A21143@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Jens Axboe , Heikki Tuuri , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <023001c4100e$c550cd10$155110ac@hebis> <20040322132307.GP1481@suse.de> <20040322151712.GB32519@merlin.emma.line.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20040322151712.GB32519@merlin.emma.line.org>; from matthias.andree@gmx.de on Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:17:12PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 606 Lines: 13 On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:17:12PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > If there is no such atomicity (except maybe in ext3fs data=journal or > the upcoming reiserfs4 - isn't there?), then nobody should claim so. If > the kernel cannot 100.00000000% guarantee the write is atomic, claiming > otherwise is plain fraud and nothing else. Who claims writes are atomic? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/