Re: 2.6.18-rc3-git3 - XFS - BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000078

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> Its not clear to me where the rename operation happens in all of
>> this - does rsync create a local, temporary copy of the file and
>> then rename it?
>
>Yes, this is normally how rsync does it.

If file already exists {
    foreach block {
        copy block either from disk or from the 
        source operand, whichever is never, to temp file
    }
}

When rsync catches a signal {
    move the tempfile to the original name
}





Jan Engelhardt
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