Re: [RFC PATCH] fat: add noflush mount option

From: Christoph Hellwig

Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 01:51:57 EST


On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 02:37:32AM +0900, David Timber wrote:
> On most distros, udisks manages users' removable volume mount requests.
> Udisks is configured to always mount FAT volumes with the 'flush' mount
> option. This is largely okay for populating directory in small sizes,

No, it's not. It is an amaingly stupid idea that leads to horrible
performance and flash wearout. I'm not objecting to your patch, but
if you care about the usability of FAT volumes in this scenario, the
more important thing is to fix this default.