Re: replace() system call needed (was Re: EXT4-ish "fixes" in UBIFS)

[Bodo Eggert]

Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:

> My proposal is
> 
> rename() stays.
> 
> replace(src, bar) is rename that ensures that bar will contain valid
> data after powerfail.

This can be done using implicit logic:

->E.g. on close(), mark inodes without being sync()ed as poisoned.
(I can think of more sophisticated logic, but ...)
->On completing the inode with the delayed allocations, unpoison it.
->Don't commit rename()s if the corresponding inode is poisoned.

Et Voila, everything replace is supposed to guarantee is guaranteed.

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