Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives

Linus Torvalds
2004-09-02T03:38:25Z

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, David Masover wrote:
>
> And that is the right solution. Not the only one, but the right one.
> Caching isn't the only thing sorely in need of transaction support right
> now. Actually, I find it hard to think of anything on Linux which
> shouldn't have transactions -- why should /etc/fstab or
> /home/david/homework be more fragile than /var/lib/mysql?

It's easy to talk big.

It's damn hard to _implement_ a complex system, and make it stable and
bug-free, and support legacy applications.

There is a reason why we do only what _must_ be done in kernel space.

Linus