On Thursday, 20 October 2016 20:55:47 CEST Lampshade wrote: > What if somebody remounts > from normal options > (metadata: sync, data: async) > to fully synced > (metadata: sync, data: sync) > > Example: > # mount | grep home > /dev/sd1h on /home type ffs (local, noatime, nodev, nosuid) > # /sbin/mount -u -o sync,rw,nodev,nosuid,noatime /home > # mount | grep home > /dev/sd1h on /home type ffs (local, noatime, nodev, nosuid, synchronous) > > Should this flush cache for this particular filesystem?
I don't think so because sync mounts make no guarantee with respect to the disk's write cache. But this is not a strong opinion. Cheers, Stefan
