Re: [PATCH] Create environment block safely

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:54:30PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> If grub-editenv create is interrupted, it's theoretically possible for
> it to create an incomplete block that future grub-editenv calls won't
> recognise. It would be better for it to atomically create either a
> complete block or nothing. Any objections?
> 
> 2009-09-30  Colin Watson  <address@hidden>
> 
>         * util/grub-editenv.c (create_envblk_file): Write new block with a
>         .new suffix and then rename it into place, to ensure atomic
>         creation.

I've gone ahead and committed this, since it's straightforward enough.

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Colin Watson                                       address@hidden