Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when FSis under heavy write load (massive starvation)

[Mikulas Patocka]

> hm, fsync.
>
> Aside: why the heck do applications think that their data is so important
> that they need to fsync it all the time.  I used to run a kernel on my
> laptop which had "return 0;" at the top of fsync() and fdatasync().  Most
> pleasurable.
>
> But wedging for 20 minutes is probably excessive punishment.

I most wonder, why vim fsyncs its swapfile regularly (blocking typing 
during that) and doesn't fsync the resulting file on :w  :-/

Mikulas
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