From: Matthias Andree (no email)
Date: Fri Aug 01 2003 - 04:41:58 EDT
(Wietse Venema) writes:
> The text below does not confirm that rename()/link() work as
> required. It would be incorrect to assume that every rename()/link()
> operation is followed by fsync().
The fix is "mount -o sync", but it's a major PITN because XFS does sync
when you ask it to, unlike all the other Linux file systems that take
shortcuts and read "mount -o sync" as "do -o dirsync", if at all.
Wietse, would you accept patches to maildir.c that make Maildir delivery
safe on async file systems?
-- Matthias Andree
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