:mount(8):
: sync All I/O to the file system should be done synchronously.
:
:On the gripping hand, you can say, 'this is an ATIME update, there's no
:way its presence or lack thereof can do anything bad to the filesystem,
:so let it be async since it takes extra work to make it sync'.
:
:Does anyone have any feeling either way on this? I, unfortunately, seem
:to have strong feelings BOTH ways... sync atime updates will slow it
:down, but on the flip side, if you're mounting sync in the first place
:you don't care much for speed anyway.
:
:Thoughts?
:Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, you don't gain anything by making atime updates sync, and you
lose a lot, so why do it? If you are worried about protecting the root
drive from a crash, mount it read-only (and put /dev on an MFS mount)
or mount it noatime.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
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