[Cluster-devel] [PATCH] gfs2: Fsync parent directories

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 12:22:01AM +0100, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> When fsyncing a new file, also fsync the directory the files is in,
> recursively.  This is how Linux filesystems should behave nowadays,
> even if not mandated by POSIX.

I think that is bullshit.  Maybe it is what google wants for ext4
non-journal mode which no one else uses anyway. but it certainly
is anything but normal Linux semantics.