Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19-rc1/2.5.25 provide dummy fsync() routine for directories on NFS mounts

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:11:09 +0100 (BST)

> Really? Then what is the meaning of fsync() on a read-only file-
> descriptor? You can't update the information you can't change.

fsync ensures the data for that inode/file content is on stable storage - note
_the_ _data_ not only random things written by this specific file handle.
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