linux-ext4 - Re: fsync_mode mount option for ext4

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Date:   Mon, 27 May 2019 23:40:07 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Sahitya Tummala <stummala@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fsync_mode mount option for ext4

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 08:52:57AM +0530, Sahitya Tummala wrote:
> Hi Ted, Andreas,
> 
> Do you think this mount option "fsync_mode=nobarrier"
> can be added for EXT4 as well like in F2FS? Please
> share your thoughts on this.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/908934/

Ext4 already has the nobarrier mount option.

Cheers,

     	     	     	       	     - Ted