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.SS Global Options
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-\fBFSync\fR {\fINone\fR|\fINormal\fR|\fIThorough\fR}
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-.br
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-Select the amount of forced flushing \fBmbsync\fR performs, which determines
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-the level of data safety after system crashes and power outages:
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-.br
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-\fBNone\fR - no flushing at all. This is reasonably safe for file systems
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-which are mounted with data=ordered mode.
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-.br
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-\fBNormal\fR - message and critical metadata writes are flushed. No data
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-should be lost due to crashes, though it is still possible that messages
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-are duplicated after crashes. This is the default, and is a wise choice for
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-file systems mounted with data=writeback, in particular modern systems like
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-ext4, btrfs and xfs. The performance impact on older file systems may be
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-disproportionate.
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-.br
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-\fBThorough\fR - this avoids message duplication after crashes as well,
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-at some additional performance cost.
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+\fBFSync\fR \fIyes\fR|\fIno\fR
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+.br
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+Selects whether \fBmbsync\fR performs forced flushing, which determines
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+the level of data safety after system crashes and power outages.
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+Disabling it is reasonably safe for file systems which are mounted with
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+data=ordered mode.
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+Enabling it is a wise choice for file systems mounted with data=writeback,
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+in particular modern systems like ext4, btrfs and xfs. The performance impact
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+on older file systems may be disproportionate.
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+(Default: \fIyes\fR)
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.SH INHERENT PROBLEMS
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Changes done after \fBmbsync\fR has retrieved the message list will not be
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