Re: [PATCH] let fat handle MS_SYNCHRONOUS flag

[OGAWA Hirofumi]

Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> AFAIK, EXT2 doesn't update all metadata synchronously in sync-mode.
>
> It does.

Umm... I was thinking that ext2 is using the delayed-write if it can
keep the consistency of metadata on-disk.

> I'm actually surprised to discover that [v]fat doesn't support `-o sync'. 
> It's probably a quite practical way of handling these various hotpluggable
> gadgets and would be a popular addition.

OK. If peoples really want this, I don't have objections.  I'll check
the patch.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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