Re: 4.1-RELEASE problem writing to async mounted filesystem

On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 12:35:11PM +0200, Mitja Horvat wrote: > > As I understand SU, it's just a method to do metadata asynchronously in a > safe way, > so using noasync with SU does still have a point? "Using noasync" is a no-op; noasync is the default. -- Ben 220 go.ahead.make.my.day ES

Re: 4.1-RELEASE problem writing to async mounted filesystem

Hi, > > There's no reason to use softupdates and async together. SU gets you > the same benefits, but much more safely. You are right... I thought async was only for data updates, not metadata too... Thanks for clearing this out... As I understand SU, it's just a method to do metadata asy

Re: 4.1-RELEASE problem writing to async mounted filesystem

On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 06:03:08PM +0200, Mitja Horvat wrote: > > Hi, > > I recently upgraded to FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE(CD image). I noticed that while > writing > to an asynchronously mounted filesystem(mount -o async / ...) all other IO > operations to the FS are almost blocked. I have only one a

4.1-RELEASE problem writing to async mounted filesystem

Hi, I recently upgraded to FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE(CD image). I noticed that while writing to an asynchronously mounted filesystem(mount -o async / ...) all other IO operations to the FS are almost blocked. I have only one asynchronously mounted partition(/) and the following shell script makes the