Hi, Why would sync not be effective under MNT_ASYNC? Use of sync is not required to lead to consistency expect with respect to an arbitrary point in time, but I don't think anyone ever believed otherwise. However, there should be no question of metadata never being written out if sync was run?
Matt ----- "Greg A. Woods" <wo...@planix.ca> wrote: > > (I am waffling though on whether I think sync(2) should have any > beneficial affect on the consistency of MNT_ASYNC-mounted > filesytems.) > -- Matt Benjamin The Linux Box 206 South Fifth Ave. Suite 150 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 http://linuxbox.com tel. 734-761-4689 fax. 734-769-8938 cel. 734-216-5309
