Re: ext3-2.4-0.9.4

[Linus Torvalds]

In article <[e-mail]>,
Matthias Andree  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>However, the remaining problem is being synchronous with respect to open
>(fixed for ext3 with your fsync() as I understand it), rename, link and
>unlink. With ext2, and as you write it, with ext3 as well, there is
>currently no way to tell when the link/rename has been committed to
>disk, unless you set mount -o sync or chattr +S or call sync() (the
>former is not an option because it's far too expensive).

Congratulations. You have been brainwashed by Dan Bernstein.

Use fsync() on the directory. 

Logical, isn't it?

		Linus