Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:10:00 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@monzoon.net>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Charles Randall <crandall@matchlogic.com>, Dan Phoenix <dphoenix@bravenet.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Jos Backus <josb@cncdsl.com>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: soft updates and qmail (RE: qmail IO problems) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0102061305430.15212-100000@achilles.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <200102061859.f16IxVv63887@earth.backplane.com>
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On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Matt Dillon wrote: > I did a quick search of the qmail site but couldn't find an email > address to report the FAQ issue to. If QMail calls fsync() in a > reasonable manner, then softupdates is perfectly safe and the QMail > FAQ needs to be updated to recommend softupdates rather then > disrecommend it. > > -Matt The question still reamins about link/unlink/rename. Is a fsync of the directory necessary to ensure that they completed properly? As they take filenames instead of fds, an fsync after the operation seems non-intuitive. The rename manpage seems to imply that the operation is synchronous - the other two are ambiguous. Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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