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Re: aio_fsync() a directory ?
- From: Xavier Roche <roche+kml2 at exalead dot com>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:00:37 +0200
- Subject: Re: aio_fsync() a directory ?
- References: <513EEF07 dot 5090901 at 3ds dot com> <20130408212729 dot ED7592C085 at topped-with-meat dot com> <5163BA06 dot 30600 at exalead dot com> <20130411225058 dot 989CB2C07B at topped-with-meat dot com>
Hi Roland,
On 04/12/2013 12:50 AM, Roland McGrath wrote:
The resolution indicates the standard will be changed not to require the
O_RDONLY check. Please file a bug in bugzilla and refer to both this link
and a mailing-list archive link for the discussion we've had here. We'd
then accept a patch to remove the check (listing that BZ# in its log entry).
Done - BUG 15361 has been created
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15361
- 0000672: Necessary step(s) to synchronize filename operations on disk
<http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=672>
Thankfully this is outside the scope of anything libc needs to worry about.
Yes absolutely - and it will probably require some time, as many aspects
of the spec has to be considered.
Regards,
Xavier