Re: [fuse-devel] [fuse] getattr() results ignored when writeback cache is active

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On Sep 20 2017, Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In writeback-cache mode (enabled by the FUSE_WRITEBACK_CACHE flaga) writes go to
> the cache only, which means that the write(2) syscall can often complete very
> fast.  The dirty pages are later sent to userspace using write requests.  This
> mode assumes that the file is never changed outside the mounted filesystem, so
> it's not suitable for any network fs.

.."this mode of operation is not suitable for any network filesystem
even if no write operations are actually carried out".


Best,
-Nikolaus

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