Re: replace() system call needed (was Re: EXT4-ish "fixes" in UBIFS)

[Artem Bityutskiy]

ext Andreas T.Auer wrote:
> On 29.03.2009 14:42 Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > Pavel Machek wrote:
> >
> > > > 1. truncate/write/close leads to empty files
> > > this is buggy.
> > In FS, or in application?
> In application of course. If you rewrite a huge file that way, you have
> a long-time risk of loosing data in a crash, even with sychronous writes.

You know, after reading all these blogs and discussions,
I will not be surprised if someone says this is an FS bug.

--
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (ÐÑÑÑÐ ÐÐÑÑÑÐÐÐ)
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/