On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:17:28AM -0700, Murphy, Robert wrote: > We are using the file backed storage gadget as the basis of a software > mechanism for allowing inter-device communication between a Windows > host and Linux client device. Recently we have become concerned > regarding the notice of possible stability issues with the host OS if > the backing file changes without the host OS having made the change > (see section "AN IMPORTANT WARNING"): > http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget/file_storage.html > > So far, we have not experienced any issues with having our Linux > client device changing the contents of a file in the backing file. Yes, your client can change the file, but the issue is if another process makes changes to the filesystem at the same time. Then the client will not notice these changes and bad things can happen. Have you tried this? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
