[linux-lvm] fsync() and LVM
Joshua D. Drake
jd at commandprompt.com
Tue Mar 17 15:33:23 UTC 2009
On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 15:51 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 16:53 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
>
> > The point of fsync() is for an application to know that a write has been
> > safely committed, as for example sendmail would do before acknowledging
> > to the sender that a message has been accepted. The question isn't
> > whether an application can call fsync() but rather whether it's return
> > status is lying, making the underlying storage unsuitable for anything
> > that needs reliability.
>
> Right and for databases this is critical. So enlightenment here would be
> good.
Anyone?
Joshua D. Drake
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