Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:57:53 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Marc W <mwlist@lanfear.com> Cc: <nate@yogotech.com>, Drew Eckhardt <drew@PoohSticks.ORG>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is mkdir guaranteed to be 'atomic' ?? Message-ID: <15002.53601.427628.963431@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200102262156.NAA39209@akira.lanfear.com> References: <200102262156.NAA39209@akira.lanfear.com>
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> > > >Are there filesystem type cases where this might not be the case > > > >(NFS being my main concern ....) > > > > > > No. > > > > Yes. NFS doesn't guarantee atomicity, because it can't. If the > mkdir > > call returns, you have no guarantee that the remote directory has > been > > created (caching, errors, etc...) > > I can handle it if there is a case where both fail, but is there a > case where both can SUCCEED ?? What do you mean 'both succeed'? Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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