:Thanks. At least I read code's intention right. :)
:
:> Most modern filesystems don't corrupt any more if left unsynchronized,
:> but the real problem here is that filesystem do so much caching in
:> memory, particularly when files are mmap()'d RW, that not at least
:> trying to sync can result in disarray (rather than corruption) on boot
:
:Do you mean that "corruption" == "file metadata corruption" and "disarray" ==
:"file data-only corruption"?
No filesystem that I know of guarantees operational order inbetween
fsyncs, particularly if files are mmap()'d shared/RW.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
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