linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.29

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Date:	Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:14:26 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rees <drees76@...il.com>, Jesper Krogh <jesper@...gh.cc>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.29

> Agreed, we need a middle ground.  We need a transition path that
> recognizes that ext3 won't be the dominant filesystem for Linux in
> perpetuity, and that ext3's data=ordered semantics will someday no
> longer be a major factor in application design.  fbarrier() semantics
> might be one approach; there may be others.  It's something we need to
> figure out.

Would making close imply fbarrier() rather than fsync() work for this ?
That would give people the ordering they want even if they are less
careful but wouldn't give the media error cases - which are less
interesting.

Alan
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