Re: precise characterization of ext3 atomicity

[Daniel Phillips]

On Thursday 04 September 2003 17:55, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Hans Reiser <reiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is it correct to say of ext3 that it guarantees and only guarantees
> > atomicity of writes that do not cross page boundaries?
>
> Yes.

Is that just happenstance, or does Posix or similar mandate it?

Regards,

Daniel

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