From: Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Strange /dev/loop behavior
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:39:37 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109151738460.398-100000@terbidium.openservices.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010915125716.A499@bug.ucw.cz>
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > > Is there any known method of copying/compressing the loopback-mounted file-
> > > system that always guarantees consistency after a sync, without requiring the
> > > fs to be unmounted first?
> >
> > Try mounting the loop device synchronously (mount ... -o sync).
>
> That should not be needed. All data should be on disk by time umount
> succeeds. That's not currently the case, and that's a bug.
The message reads as though he wants the data to be on-disk without requiring
a umount.
--
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-15 21:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-14 19:14 Strange /dev/loop behavior Byron Stanoszek
2001-09-14 19:21 ` Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2001-09-15 10:57 ` Pavel Machek
2001-09-15 21:39 ` Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams [this message]
2001-09-15 19:10 ` Eric W. Biederman
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