Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:27:46 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> To: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com> Subject: Re: fsync on large files On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > > This is already working. I'm currently extending ext2fs to call the > joural API to clearly demarkate the beginning and end of each > individual filesystem operation, so that the "patches" (ie. the > journaling transactions) correspond to complete transitions from one > consistent filesystem state to another. Stephen, I'v etold you before: I will not accept these kinds of extensions to ext2. Make a new filesystem, and if you want, re-use the code (and the layout) of ext2. There's not a chance in hell that I will ever release a kernel with these kinds of major fs modifications - call it "ext3" and after a year or so of in-production use we can drop ext2. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/