From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19-rc1/2.5.25 provide dummy fsync() routine for directories on NFS mounts
Date: 11 Jul 2002 13:26:07 +0200
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>>>>> " " == Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

     > 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.

Cheers,
  Trond


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