Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:11:35 -0700 From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@McKusick.COM> To: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com> Cc: Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Yet another patch to try for softupdates panic Message-ID: <199809222011.NAA14526@flamingo.McKusick.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:39:26 EDT." <199809222139.RAA04421@lor.watermarkgroup.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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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