GNU bug report logs - #51345
dd with conv=fsync sometimes returns when its writes are still cached

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Sworddragon <sworddragon2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:20:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 51345 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
 Sworddragon <sworddragon2 <at> gmail.com>, 51345 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51345:
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:58:10 -0700

On 10/29/21 05:38, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> I'm leaning towards improving this by always
> doing an fsync on exit if we get a read or write error
> and have successfully written any data, so that
> previously written data is sync'd as requested.

Sounds like a good idea to me too.
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