On Thu, 11 Jun 1998 10:34:21 -0400 
 "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:

 > This whole thing does make one wonder, however, about how a system
 > like this behaves normally in a crash. We aren't *supposed* to need to 
 > do special stuff in order to assure that stuff like metadata is
 > cleanly out after a sync()....

...well, the file system can't really tell if the device underneath
is actually putting the bits on the metal.

I like Chris's idea of a generic "make sure the data is sync'd" ioctl
that the buffer cache and/or file system code can use.

Jason R. Thorpe                                       thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
NASA Ames Research Center                            Home: +1 408 866 1912
NAS: M/S 258-5                                       Work: +1 650 604 0935
Moffett Field, CA 94035                             Pager: +1 650 428 6939