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Fsyncgate: Errors on fsync are unrecoverable (2018)
This is an archive of the original "fsyncgate" email thread. This is posted here because I wanted to have a link that would fit on a slide for a talk on file safety with a mobile-friendly non-bloated format .
- Points
- 219
- HN comments
- 114
- Submissions
- 1
- Cited by
- 5 commenters
Systems & PerformanceSoftware Engineering2019
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2019 | Fsyncgate: Errors on fsync are unrecoverable (2018) by Darkstryder | 219 | 114 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 5 Hacker News comments by 5 different people, from Feb 2020 to Feb 2026.
Most recent:
- defrost · Feb 22, 2026
- Aerolfos · Dec 19, 2025
- evanelias · Mar 22, 2025
- tptacek · Jan 14, 2022
- ignoramous · Feb 1, 2020
