Re: fsync in glib/gio

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 19:21 +0100, Alexander Larsson wrote:

> We all understand that its is per-spec to not guarantee
> data-before-metadata on rename, we're not stupid and able to read a
> manpage as well as you. But we still think its a bad idea and not a sign
> of robust software.

Additionally, I'm not saying glib should not fsync in the rename case.
We should of course follow the spec so that glib apps don't lose data on
such filesystems. But that doesn't make such filesystem behaviour a good
idea.