From: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@pps.jussieu.fr>
To: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Write is not atomic?
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:36:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7itxtvpate.fsf@lanthane.pps.jussieu.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMo8Bf+w7S_O2XYin7hnuobpBncZxZBq2=nAQ+Jrszif979xKQ@mail.gmail.com> (Max Filippov's message of "Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:21:36 +0400")
> You don't check return code here, does write succeed at all?
Yes, both writes return 6.
> Does it ever produce e.g. OuOuilleille
No.
> (as this is what atomicity is about here)?
I was referring to the claim that under Linux writing and adjusting the
file offset are performed as an atomic step, not to the atomicity of the
write operation itself.
-- Juliusz
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-15 23:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-15 21:36 Write is not atomic? Juliusz Chroboczek
2012-10-15 22:21 ` Max Filippov
2012-10-15 23:36 ` Juliusz Chroboczek [this message]
2012-10-15 23:13 ` Dave Chinner
2012-10-15 23:24 ` Philippe Troin
2012-10-15 23:42 ` Max Filippov
2012-10-15 23:40 ` Jochen Striepe
2012-10-16 6:21 ` Juliusz Chroboczek
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