Re: filesystem transactions API

From: Bernd Eckenfels
Date: Wed Apr 27 2005 - 06:00:27 EST


In article <20050427091402.GA1904@vagabond> you wrote:
> The problem with implementing in userland, as was already said in the
> thread, is, that if some process does not use the library, it can
> completely mess it up. It is only safe in kernel.

Only if all process use the transacted API. There is no reason to fear that
some malicious user is messing with your DB files.

Greetings
Bernd
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