From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rex Dieter Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19-rc1/2.5.25 provide dummy fsync() routine for directories on NFS mounts Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 14:14:03 -0500 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200207111414.03258.rdieter@math.unl.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Return-path: Received: from mathstat.unl.edu ([129.93.48.14]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17SjOA-0005pq-00 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:14:06 -0700 Received: from duran.unl.edu (IDENT:O5vGMO7IOeT0hjPaSV3gVLWS/XUfDpyj@duran.unl.edu [129.93.50.93]) by mathstat.unl.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA10973 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 14:14:04 -0500 To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Trond Myklebust wrote: > >>>>> " " =3D=3D Matthias Andree writ= es: > > What if the NFS stuff is not mounted with sync or explicitly > > mounted async? Will an nfsd still do synchronous writes to > > directories? > Of course. It is not possible for the NFS client to switch this > behaviour off, since it is part of the server side specifications in > the protocol. > The only thing that can screw you up is if you use the 'async' option > in /etc/exports on the server. How is specifying 'async' in /etc/exports on the NFS server different tha= n a=20 NFS client explicitly mounting async? -- Rex ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek PC Mods, Computing goodies, cases & more http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs