From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> Peter pointed out to me that the nfs server is implementing stable writes by setting the O_SYNC flag. I can't see why we couldn't write and then sync instead, but I don't know this stuff as well as I should; does the following look reasonable to people? --b. J. Bruce Fields (2): nfsd: assume writeable exportabled filesystems have f_sync nfsd: use vfs_fsync_range(), not O_SYNC, for stable writes fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 26 ++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html