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To: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com>
Subject: Re: Yet another patch to try for softupdates panic 
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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:11:35 -0700
From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@McKusick.COM>
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In case (2), the fsync() syscall does call VOP_FSYNC with MNT_WAIT
and you most definitely *must* write out the parent directory
entries! When the fsync system call returns, it ensures that
the entire file, including its name, is on stable storage.

	Kirk McKusick

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