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Message-ID: <20080820001845.GC28029@jukie.net> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:18:45 -0400 From: Bart Trojanowski <bart@...ie.net> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> Subject: Re: vfat BKL/lock_super regression in v2.6.26-rc3-g8f59342 * Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> [080819 18:19]: > And I think you hit this issue because you probably mounted the USB stick > as a "sync" (or dirsync) mount - which is what some distros do by default, > even if it is known to cause problems for some flash cards that don't do a > good job at wear levelling. Hmm... I was considering the costs and benefits of sync mounts. I don't care about the performance hit, as I don't move that much data around. Primarily, I like the fact that I can pull the media out w/o any special action (which sometimes requires that I unlock my screensaver first). But, on the other hand, it's nice to have the media last longer. So, maybe it would be a good idea to have a 'delaysync=60' to force a sync after 60 seconds of inactivity. Unless, there is something else that would do that for me already. Thoughts? -Bart -- WebSig: http://www.jukie.net/~bart/sig/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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