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From: Vijayan Prabhakaran <pvijayan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: BUG in writeback mode - from data journaling patch
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:12:43 -0500
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To: Perry Kundert <perry.kundert@gmail.com>, reiserfs-list@namesys.com

No. That is wrong. If the syntax of the call is to update a stat
block, it must be done before the call finishes.

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:07:57 -0600, Perry Kundert
<perry.kundert@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:50:46 -0500, Vijayan Prabhakaran
> <pvijayan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The fsync man page reads as:
> >
> > "...fsync copies all in-core parts of a file to disk, and waits  until
> >  the device  reports  that all parts are on stable storage.  It also
> > updates metadata stat information."
> >
> > So, according to POSIX standards, the stat data must be updated on fsyncs.
> > 
> Looks like it is not absolutely clear on *when* the stat metadata
> needs to be updated, though.  Perhaps if it is updated later than the
> "...parts are on stable storage" that is must wait for...
>