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

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Date:	Tue, 31 May 2011 20:37:49 +0200
From:	"D. Jansen" <d.g.jansen@...glemail.com>
To:	david@...g.hm
Cc:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, 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 Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:23 PM,  <david@...g.hm> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2011, D. Jansen wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 4:03 AM, Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:

>>> I can't remember the last time this has happened to me.  It's
>>> typically a system crash or a power loss that causes me to lose an
>>> OpenOffice session.
>>
>> Well, good for you! Power loss didn't ever occur to me on the other
>> hand, at least not on my netbook.
>
> failure to resume is effectivly power loss. a autosave to ram would be lost,
> just like with a power loss or system crash.
>
Well in my case only X crashes and the autosave is saved.
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