Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:42:09 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: ext3 IO latency measurements (was: Linux 2.6.29) |
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> before performing the update. So while relatime doesn't conform, the > practical difference is meaningless. You can't depend on atime being > updated in a timely manner.
POSIX says a disk write interrupted by a signal can be a short write. If you do this in practice all hell breaks loose.
A conforming implementation needs to conform with expectations not just play lawyer games with users systems.
Alan
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