Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:42:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:42:57 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-5-cust12.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.121.12]:38382 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:42:56 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19-rc1/2.5.25 provide dummy fsync() routine for directories on NFS mounts From: Alan Cox To: "Patrick J. LoPresti" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matthias Andree In-Reply-To: References: <20020715075221.GC21470@uncarved.com> <20020715133507.GF32155@merlin.emma.line.org> <1026749802.30202.13.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6) Date: 15 Jul 2002 17:55:40 +0100 Message-Id: <1026752140.30454.17.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 667 Lines: 18 On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 16:38, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: > Alan Cox writes: > > > Linus has explicitly stated what fsync on a directory does, during > > several of the thousands of cycling repeated flamewars generated by MTA > > authors > > > > If that isnt definitive I don't know what is > > Documentation/fsync.txt would be better. Documentation/fs/fsync.txt or similar sounds a good idea - 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/