Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:16:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:16:37 -0400 Received: from krusty.dt.E-Technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.163.1]:29960 "EHLO mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:16:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 17:19:22 +0200 From: Matthias Andree To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19-rc1/2.5.25 provide dummy fsync() routine for directories on NFS mounts Message-ID: <20020715151922.GB22828@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20020715075221.GC21470@uncarved.com> <20020715133507.GF32155@merlin.emma.line.org> <1026749802.30202.13.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1026749802.30202.13.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 783 Lines: 20 On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 15:49, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: > > I would love to know what IS guaranteed. This fsync() question keeps > > cropping up, and as far as I know there is no authoritative statement > > Linus has explicitly stated what fsync on a directory does, during > several of the thousands of cycling repeated flamewars generated by MTA > authors That requires explicitly porting applications to Linux and is unreasonable to expect from a usability point of view. -- 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/