On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Ted Ts'o <ty...@mit.edu> 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 debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=dw8ks+s3ynw+1-axk3-tsx0ez5g+or5cgv...@mail.gmail.com
