Re: {a}sync updates (was Re: make install trick)

[David O'Brien]

> >mount(8):
> >      sync    All I/O to the file system should be done synchronously.
> 
> How detailed should the man page be?  If it stated "all file data will
> be written synchronously, but inodes where the only update is atime
> and free block bitmaps are written asynchronously", would that be any
> clearer to a user who didn't have a detailed understanding of UFS?

Yes.  I know the difference between sync/async and data/metadata.  I
haven't however, done a though wall-thru of the UFS code.  If the manpage
says "All I/O", then the system should do *ALL* I/O sync.  This isn't
Linux.  Guess I go off editing mount(8) again.

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-- David    ([EMAIL PROTECTED])


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