Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Aug 1999 14:25:24 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Your backup is unsafe! |
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On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Khimenko Victor wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Riley Williams wrote: > > > The whole vfat design is "disaster waiting to happen" :-/ > > > > The original design is, yes, but then, that came from Microsoft, so > > what can one expect. The Linux implementation isn't too bad in a lot > > of ways, but there are a few tweaks that are needed to polish it up to
Few tweaks??? Full rewrite of data-related part. I've found what was wrong with my code. Finally. And it's not a pretty sight. Basically with the serialization between write() and truncate() gone the whole handling of cluster allocation (extending/truncating the chains) fell apart. Wouldn't be too bad, if we wouldn't have to keep all data in page cache when we extend the bloody thing. No holes in files, damnit... Oh, well... At least it solves the problem with dmsdos - solution for normal fatfs will work there too.
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