Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> writes: > >> On the other hand, most of the time writes into the directory will > >> tend to be into pre-existing free space; but if you had two parallel > >> cp's copying a large number of files into the same directory, that > >> could certainly happen. > > > > isn't access to a directory protected with i_mutex ? > > Hmm, good point. Yes, that should prevent problems with directories. > So there should only be a problem when two processes are writing to > the same file at the same time. I remember that happened... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
