Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262611AbUKXKm7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 05:42:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262603AbUKXKlG (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 05:41:06 -0500 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([204.152.189.113]:7107 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262606AbUKXKkG (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 05:40:06 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:49:30 -0800 From: Matt Mackall To: Andrew Morton Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi , colin@colino.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] let fat handle MS_SYNCHRONOUS flag Message-ID: <20041124064930.GE2460@waste.org> References: <20041118194959.3f1a3c8e.colin@colino.net> <87653wxqij.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <20041124032017.GG8040@waste.org> <87pt237se1.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <20041124053552.GD2460@waste.org> <871xejvk3l.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <20041123224002.54a0e1e6.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041123224002.54a0e1e6.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 983 Lines: 24 On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 10:40:02PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > OGAWA Hirofumi wrote: > > > > AFAIK, EXT2 doesn't update all metadata synchronously in sync-mode. > > It does. > > I'm actually surprised to discover that [v]fat doesn't support `-o sync'. > It's probably a quite practical way of handling these various hotpluggable > gadgets and would be a popular addition. > > It does have the downside that it'll teach our users bad practices.... Dunno. Right now they'll still probably have an occassional kernel crash to contend with from device disappearing from under an fs, but at least they won't have lost all the photos on their camera... -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - 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/