Re: why does fsync() on a tmpfs directory give EINVAL?

[Andrew Morton]

Chris Friesen <cfriesen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 
> The man page for fsync() suggests that it is necessary to call it on the 
> directory fd.

yup.

> However, in the case of tmpfs, fsync() on the file completes, but on the 
> directory it returns -1 with errno==EINVAL.

bad.

> Is there any particular reason for this?

nope.

>  Would a patch that makes it 
> just return successfully without doing anything be accepted?

yup.
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