From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 02:59:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] write_sha1_buffer
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0504151958000.7211@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0504151942130.7211@ppc970.osdl.org>



On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> (This is also why we should write to a temp-file and then do an atomic
> "rename()").

Btw, before anybody asks: I do _not_ think that we should do fsync() etc. 
We don't actually destroy any old state when we write a new object, so 
even if the machine does go down, we really should just do an fsck and 
then re-try the operation. 

Anal people (or people with machines that crash) can add it later if they 
really want.

		Linus