Re: [HACKERS] Disaster!

[Manfred Spraul]

Greg Stark wrote:

Manfred Spraul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 

That means
   open();
   write();
   sync();
could succeed, but the data is not stored on disk, correct?
   

That would be true on any filesystem. Unless you throw an fsync() call in.
 

The checkpoint code uses sync() right now. Actually sync();sleep(2);sync().
Win32 has no sync() call, therefore it will use fsyncs. Perhaps 
platforms with deferred errors on close must use fsync, too. Hopefully 
parallel fsyncs - sequential fsyncs could be slow due to more seeking.

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   Manfred
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