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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:38:25 -0700 (PDT)
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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