Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 28 Jul 2001 19:16:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 28 Jul 2001 19:15:53 -0400 Received: from pD9E1EFED.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.225.239.237]:8461 "EHLO emma1.emma.line.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 28 Jul 2001 19:15:46 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 01:15:52 +0200 From: Matthias Andree To: Rik van Riel Cc: Lawrence Greenfield , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ext3-2.4-0.9.4 Message-ID: <20010729011552.B9350@emma1.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Rik van Riel , Lawrence Greenfield , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200107271624.f6RGOu8U010566@acap-dev.nas.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Rik van Riel wrote: > The stuff you people seem to insist on, however, most > definately isn't part of the defined set of semantics. And even if it's "inherited wisdom", you cannot simply tell those people "don't rely on that" if - as claimed - you can't even force a link() to disk. > If you believe otherwise, feel free to point out the > relevant sections in POSIX / SuS / ... The standard is only useful if it specifies how to get data safely on disk - it is quite explicit for fsync(), but you evidently cannot fsync() a link(). -- Matthias Andree - 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/