On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 09:43:09AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > > So you are looking for something like: > > http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#DOCUMENTATION/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man2/exchangedata.2.html > It doesn't look like the man page for exchangedata() states what happens if the system crashes. It says "atomic" the same way the rename() system call says it is "atomic".... i.e., from the perspective of processes running on the system see either the pre-exchange or post-exchange state. - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html