Re: scrolling optimization + asynchronous updates impossible

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:

> > I think that might just have been an oversight, and it seems entirely
> > reasonable for filesystems to refuse to do anything synchronous (let the
> > message queuing do it).
> 
> If Thomas agrees, I will change it to simpleroutines, because I agree.

This is absolutely true.  It's simpleroutines in diskfs precisely
because of this.

Not to mention the security point, there is also a great potential for
deadlock.  I mean, what if your server for the notifications wanted
to, say, write a notation in a file somewhere?