From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Strange /dev/loop behavior
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 12:57:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010915125716.A499@bug.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109141505530.29038-100000@winds.org> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109141519490.5549-100000@terbidium.openservices.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109141519490.5549-100000@terbidium.openservices.net>; from Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:21:05PM -0400
Hi!
> > Is there any known method of copying/compressing the loopback-mounted file-
> > system that always guarantees consistency after a sync, without requiring the
> > fs to be unmounted first?
>
> Try mounting the loop device synchronously (mount ... -o sync).
That should not be needed. All data should be on disk by time umount
succeeds. That's not currently the case, and that's a bug.
Pavel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-15 21:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-14 19:14 Strange /dev/loop behavior Byron Stanoszek
2001-09-14 19:21 ` Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2001-09-15 10:57 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2001-09-15 21:39 ` Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2001-09-15 19:10 ` Eric W. Biederman
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