Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch] sys_sync livelock fix | Date | Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:31:11 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Given that /bin/sync calls write_unlocked_buffers() three times, > that's good enough. sync still takes aaaaaages, but it terminates.
Whats wrong with sync not terminating when there is permenantly I/O left ? Its seems preferably to suprise data loss - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.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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