Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 09:39:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@whistle.com Subject: Re: FS gurus please.. Message-ID: <199808291339.JAA01898@lor.watermarkgroup.com>
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> Why does MFS unconditionally call spec_fsync() on all vnodes? One presumes > that since it's a memory filesysytem, fsync should do nothing.. I'm also > curious why it doesn't even check that it's a vnode for a special device. > What do we gain by calling spec_fsync on a normal file in an MFS? > The so called mfs_vnodeop is actually a misnomer: it is used only for the underlying block device vnode, which is not even one of mfs' vnodes. All mfs' vnodes use regular ufs vnode ops. -lq To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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