Re: [leafnode-list] writeactive() not updating mtime?

[Matthias Andree <ma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stefan Wiens <s.wi@xxxxxxx> writes:

> > What do you try to fix or work around here? Your kernel bug? 
> 
> OK, I may have misinterpreted something.
> 
> So, could you explain what is really happening there?
> 
> I also found the groupinfo content completely unchanged after posting
> an article while fetchnews was running, although its mtime indicated
> it had been written to.
> 
> Was that really caused by a bug in Linux 2.2.17?

I have no clue, however, you don't need fsync() to bring buffers back in
order. Reading back just-written but unflushed buffers does not require
fsync(). fsync() is not useful in anyway for a news server (you might
want to use it before acknowledging a POST).

-- 
Matthias Andree

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