Alan Cox wrote:
>
>...
> > If you have metadata journalling, all you need for this algorithm to
> > work is to have rename() write to the journal before returning. Is
> > this true for any of the current journalling file systems on Linux?
>
> Ext3 I believe so, Reiserfs I would assume so but Hans can answer
> definitively
For ext3: this is true if something forces a commit. Apart from data in
`-o data=writeback' mode, a commit syncs the entire filesystem.
Things which force a commit include:
- completing a write() on an O_SYNC file.
- Performing any metadata operation on a `chattr +S' object
- Performing any metadata operation on an object on a `mount -o sync'
filesystem.
In `data=journal' or `data=ordered' mode, any of these things will
commit everything to non-volatile storage.
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