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Re: write alignment matters?
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 02:00:54PM -0400, Paul Koning wrote:
> Sure it is fair. The fact that some operating systems had extremely
> simple/primitive file systems without any caching means that those systems
> were capable of surviving file device pulls. But it isn't reasonable to
> consider that a feature. RT-11 was in fact an unusual example in its days;
> few if any operating systems of that era had a "just yank it" property.
I would consider it very reasonable for an OS to survive file device pulls.
Expecting the on-disk data to be consistent if you yank the device w/o telling
the OS to flush its cache is another issue entirely, but having the OS hold
on to the data (like Erik Fair wrote in a separate email) and be able to
flush it when/if the device is reconnected sounds pretty "reasonable" too.
Combine that w/ the ability notice that all cached data has been written and
the device has been idle for a bit (perhaps 10 seconds?) and perform a
behind-the-scenes unmount + automatic remount if it's accessed again, and
I'd call that call that a pretty great feature.
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