[PATCH 15/19] orangefs: avoid fsync service operation on flush

Without this, an fsync call is sent to the server even if no data changed. This resulted in a rather severe (50%) performance regression under certain metadata-heavy workloads. In the past, everything was direct IO. Nothing happend on a close call. An explicit fsync call would send an fsync

[PATCH 15/19] orangefs: avoid fsync service operation on flush

Without this, an fsync call is sent to the server even if no data changed. This resulted in a rather severe (50%) performance regression under certain metadata-heavy workloads. In the past, everything was direct IO. Nothing happend on a close call. An explicit fsync call would send an fsync