From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:42:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:42:13 -0400 Received: from [194.213.32.137] ([194.213.32.137]:45572 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:41:57 -0400 Message-ID: <20010915125716.A499@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 12:57:16 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Strange /dev/loop behavior In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: ; from Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:21:05PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > Is there any known method of copying/compressing the loopback-mounted file- > > system that always guarantees consistency after a sync, without requiring the > > fs to be unmounted first? > > Try mounting the loop device synchronously (mount ... -o sync). That should not be needed. All data should be on disk by time umount succeeds. That's not currently the case, and that's a bug. Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org