On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Ted Ts'o <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was thinking, doesn't ext have this kind of dependency tracking already? >> It has to write the inode after writing the data, otherwise the inode >> might point to garbage. > > No, it doesn't. We use journaling, and forced data writeouts, to > ensure consistency.
Suppose I append one byte to an existing file, I don't use fsync. Will it commit the inode with the increased size before the data byte is written? In that case, garbage might show up in my file. Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
