[OpenAFS-devel] Patch to disable fsync()ing

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:19:57 -0400 (EDT)


On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Robert Banz wrote:

>
> The following patch adds the options "-nofsync" to the namei-based fileserver 
> and volserver, disabling fsync() operations.
>
> For the volserver, local tests have shown that this speeds up volume moves 
> significantly.

If it's like the one Rainer sent it also breaks things. Ask Harald Barth.

That other patch is already being tracked in RT. I don't remember the 
number and I can't easily check right now