Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19-rc1/2.5.25 provide dummy fsync() routine for

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
15 Jul 2002 17:16:42 +0100

On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 15:49, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> I would love to know what IS guaranteed. This fsync() question keeps
> cropping up, and as far as I know there is no authoritative statement

Linus has explicitly stated what fsync on a directory does, during
several of the thousands of cycling repeated flamewars generated by MTA
authors

If that isnt definitive I don't know what is

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