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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Trond Myklebust
	<Trond.Myklebust-HgOvQuBEEgTQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Steve French <smfrench-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david-FqsqvQoI3Ljby3iVrkZq2A@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-fsdevel
	<linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	Mingming Cao <mcao-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: stable page writes: wait_on_page_writeback and packet signing
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:34:54 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110310073453.GA20224@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1299721264.2976.3.camel-rJ7iovZKK19ZJLDQqaL3InhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 08:41:03PM -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> So what if the server crashes, or you get some other transient error?

I don't think the CIFS world cares.  E.g. a Samba in default
configuration never even bothers to do a fsync on the underlying server,
which to me implies data integrity is not of concern for usual CIFS
setups.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-10  7:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-09 19:44 stable page writes: wait_on_page_writeback and packet signing Steve French
     [not found] ` <AANLkTinFx9KGKDWSdUvFSvT4S6f9QjBzX=6Uo17oO89+-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-09 21:51   ` Dave Chinner
2011-03-09 21:58     ` Chris Mason
2011-03-09 22:13       ` Steve French
     [not found]         ` <AANLkTikK8MOm-m9XsOA4YGRe=E9bJTDh4iEYXtZumNmv-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-10 12:26           ` Chris Mason
2011-03-10 13:16             ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]               ` <20110310081638.0f8275d4-xSBYVWDuneFaJnirhKH9O4GKTjYczspe@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-10 13:32                 ` Chris Mason
2011-03-10 13:47                   ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]                     ` <20110310084724.658fe5d7-xSBYVWDuneFaJnirhKH9O4GKTjYczspe@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-10 13:58                       ` Chris Mason
2011-03-11 12:11                         ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]                           ` <20110311071143.01b407b6-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-11 12:56                             ` Chris Mason
2011-03-11 13:42                               ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]                                 ` <20110311084221.4ac6bd11-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-11 16:00                                   ` Chris Mason
2011-03-09 23:46       ` Dave Chinner
2011-03-09 22:01     ` Steve French
2011-03-09 23:54       ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]         ` <20110309185427.7858c29b-4QP7MXygkU+dMjc06nkz3ljfA9RmPOcC@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-10  0:33           ` Steve French
     [not found]             ` <AANLkTi=pXHjE6tNMm0_nO=Cn3nGH8oZ6Xhm1STh8x1Xe-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-10  1:30               ` Jeff Layton
2011-03-10 13:53                 ` Steve French
     [not found]                 ` <20110309203044.4fd0498e-4QP7MXygkU+dMjc06nkz3ljfA9RmPOcC@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-11 11:53                   ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]       ` <AANLkTinDmqah6pQnHugoVxh-gDq+6+MDMuh-TyVAQ7LP-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-10  1:41         ` Trond Myklebust
     [not found]           ` <1299721264.2976.3.camel-rJ7iovZKK19ZJLDQqaL3InhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org>
2011-03-10  7:34             ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2011-03-10 13:44             ` Steve French
2011-03-09 23:45     ` Jeff Layton
2011-03-10  2:12       ` Jeff Layton

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