Re: (reiserfs) Re: New Linux 2.5 - 2.6 TODO (Alan Cox suggestsdelaying

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2000 - 14:54:54 EDT

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    > On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Hans Reiser wrote:
    > > We would definitely like to investigate this. It sounds like
    > > postgresql depends on an assumption that any linux fs supports
    > > some ext2 only features, thus making it a postgresql bug, but we
    > > want to take a look.
    >
    > I wouldn't call O_SYNC ext2 specific ... ;)

    I also dont think O_SYNC has anything to do with this problem. It controls
    disk writes going directly to disk. The visibility and ordering doesnt
    change if you dont use O_SYNC. It would only be a crash or powerfail that
    would make a difference

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