Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-xfs); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:39:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from dingdong.cryptoapps.com (postfix@uslink-66.173.43-133.uslink.net [66.173.43.133] (may be forged)) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with SMTP id i2P6d7KO000861 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:39:09 -0800 Received: by dingdong.cryptoapps.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6E105FB83A; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:39:02 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:39:02 -0800 From: Chris Wedgwood To: "IKARASHI, Seiichi" Cc: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: synchronization of XFS Message-ID: <20040325063902.GA9697@dingdong.cryptoapps.com> References: <4060F7FC.8090602@miraclelinux.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4060F7FC.8090602@miraclelinux.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 2577 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: linux-xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: cw@f00f.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-xfs Content-Length: 574 Lines: 23 On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 11:52:44AM +0900, IKARASHI, Seiichi wrote: > How do you guys synchronize a XFS partition? sync() of xfs_freeze depending on what you want > I'm stacking 'cause XFS partitions seem to take longer time than > other filesystems like ext3 or reiserfs to really write down to HDD. it depends what your doing, but for me i never noticed a significant difference > Repeating sync() does not take effect. > Is there any specific command or operation to sync XFS? sync() should work --- why do you think it does? what kernel version are you using?