Quotas on ext4 are not immediately updated on RHEL6

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Quota file is not updated in a minute
  • When filesystem is made in ext4 after user quota or group quota is enabled, the used number of blocks are not immediately reflected by the repquota command.
  • Problem is cancelled when sync command is run, or wait for 60 seconds.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • ext4 filesystem with quotas enabled

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