linux-ext4 - Re: Atomic non-durable file write API

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikK+L-EqdaQ39tsQNhJ6rgoL-cmWsDm8=m8=3VB@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:43:05 +0100
From:	Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@...il.com>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Cc:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Atomic non-durable file write API

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Olaf van der Spek
<olafvdspek@...il.com> wrote:
> Semantics:
> Old state: data before open
> New state: data after open

Argh, this should read data after close.

> Others see either the old or the new state.
> After close but before a crash, others see the new state.
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