Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:46:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:46:10 -0400 Received: from weta.f00f.org ([203.167.249.89]:22158 "HELO weta.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:45:57 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 11:46:35 +1200 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Rik van Riel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ext3-2.4-0.9.4 Message-ID: <20010801114635.C8839@weta.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <20010731032104.O2650@mea-ext.zmailer.org> <20010731232947.C13258@emma1.emma.line.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010731232947.C13258@emma1.emma.line.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 11:29:47PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: If I understand SUS v2 correctly, fsync() must sync meta data corresponding to the file. If Linux ext2 doesn't to that, it might be a good idea to change that so it does. Define 'meta-data' --- linux sync's any inode and/or bitmap changes, fsyn on a file will ensure it is intact but not that it can't get lost. --cw - 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/