Hi, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 11:47:25PM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote: > >> I think it does not in real setups, since thanks to O_RDWR the >> file should be overwritten only when the write() happens. >> Can a 41-byte write() be non-atomic in any real conditions? > > if you journal metadata only you can see a file extended w/o having > the block flushed
??? but the file is *not* extended. Also, whether or not a block is flushed should only matter if the machine crashes ..? -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - CONS [from LISP] 1. v. To add a new element to a list. 2. CONS UP: v. To synthesize from smaller pieces: "to cons up an example". -- From the AI Hackers' Dictionary - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html