* Andre Oppermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010206 12:33] wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> >
> > * Andre Oppermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010206 12:07] wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, my understanding of the meaning of "ordered meta-date update" as
> > > I have grasped it from Terry's rants in the past years is not that all
> > > meta-data updates on a filesystem have to be done one-after-the-other
> > > but ordered in respect to each other; That a link() happens before a
> > > unlink() on the same file. Does this make sense?
> >
> > Only when done by a single process or something waits for the link
> > to complete before starting the unlink. If two processes "race"
> > to link and unlink then no.
>
> It is just one process waiting for the link() to complete. And then
> unlink(). After completion a IPC signal is send to another process
> to pick the file up and continue processing.
Basically, you want a fsync right before the IPC. This should
bring the metadata up to date with what's in-core and you should
then be safe when you reply with your 250 accepted message.
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