Re: [PATCH] 2.4.8-pre3 fsync entire path (+reiserfs fsync semantic change patch)

From: Matthias Andree (matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de)
Date: Fri Aug 03 2001 - 22:53:07 EST


On Fri, 03 Aug 2001, Alexander Viro wrote:

> It has nothing to bindings/mount/etc. fsync /a/b/c. While c is written
> out, mv a/b/c /a/d/c. While d is written out, mv a/d/c a/b/c && mv a/d e/d
> Through all these renames /a remained the grandparent of c. You won't sync it -
> you sync c, then d, then e, then root.

Which looks like the right thing, what used to be a/b/c is now e/d/c --
and you synced c, d, and e.

-- 
Matthias Andree
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