linux-kernel - Re: [rfc] Ignore Fsync Calls in Laptop

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Date:	Fri, 27 May 2011 10:51:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:	david@...g.hm
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
cc:	"D. Jansen" <d.g.jansen@...glemail.com>,
	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	njs@...ox.com, bart@...wel.tk
Subject: Re: [rfc] Ignore Fsync Calls in Laptop_Mode

On Fri, 27 May 2011, Theodore Tso wrote:

> If you are willing to rewrite the *entire* database to a completely new file each
> time you want to write out some data, and only delete the old database
> once the new database has been written out, then you're fine.   If the file is too
> big you can delay the time period between a complete writeout of the
> database.  But then if you drop your laptop and the battery slips out, you'll
> lose more data.  Life is full of tradeoffs.

actually, even in this case don't you need a barrier or fsync to make sure 
the new file is completely written before the old file goes away?

David Lang
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