Weekly edition	Kernel	Security	Distributions	Contact Us	Search
Archives	Calendar	Subscribe	Write for LWN	LWN.net FAQ	Sponsors

what's needed is a application barrier() call

Posted Sep 9, 2009 20:55 UTC (Wed) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: what's needed is a application barrier() call by quotemstr
Parent article: POSIX v. reality: A position on O_PONIES

correct, barrier() would not be a replacement for rename(), rename could (and probably should) imply a barrier.

(Log in to post comments)