Re: Updated I/O Consistency & Semantics Section
William Gropp (gropp@mcs.anl.gov)
Thu, 29 May 1997 12:55:07 -0500
This still contains text about the data being "written to permanent storage"
(page 47, line 45). I'm uncomfortable with this. For example, it is stronger
than my reading of POSIX 1003.1, 6.6, File Synchronization. See in particular
lines 599-601 and 614-617 in that document. Basically, POSIX defines "file
synchronization" by its observable effect, not a particular implementation
strategy. I believe we should do the same.
Also, "interleaved collective operations" are mentioned without definition.
This is too informal.
Bill