Junfeng Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > We're working on a file system checker and have a question regarding what > sys_sync actually does. It appears to us that sys_sync should sync both > data and metadata, and wait until both data and metadata hit the disk > before it returns. Is this true for all the file systems (especially > ext2) for kernel 2.6.x?
It should be. > I've gotten many "error" traces for ext2, where > directory entries are not flushed to disk after sys_sync. How? > In other words, > even if users do call sys_sync, a crash after sys_sync call can still > cause file losses. Is this intended? No. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
