Jeff Bonwick writes:
 > > Are you saying that copy-on-write doesn't apply for mmap changes, but  
 > > only file re-writes? I don't think that gels with anything else I  
 > > know about ZFS.
 > 
 > No, you're correct -- everything is copy-on-write.
 > 

Maybe the confusion comes from:

        mmap changes : application interaction with memory
        COW : memory(ZFS) interaction with storage

There is an fsync() or fsflush deamon in between.

-r

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