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DateTue, 26 Feb 2008 11:43:45 -0500
FromJeff Garzik <>
SubjectRe: Proposal for "proper" durable fsync() and fdatasync()
Nick Piggin wrote:
> Anyway, the idea of making fsync/fdatasync etc. safe by default is
> a good idea IMO, and is a bad bug that we don't do that :(

Agreed...  it's also disappointing that [unless I'm mistaken] you have 
to hack each filesystem to support barriers.

It seems far easier to make sync_blkdev() Do The Right Thing, and 
magically make all filesystems data-safe.

	Jeff




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