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| From: | Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-embedded@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-embedded] does linux have a default sync() period? | ||
| Date: | Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:18:25 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20080425201822.8570.qmail@stuge.se | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-embedded] does linux have a default sync() period? by Christopher Friedt |
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| 1 | On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 04:02:20PM -0400, Christopher Friedt wrote: |
| 2 | > Does anyone know incidentally whether or not the linux kernel sync()s |
| 3 | > periodically or if there is some default buffer time in place for disk |
| 4 | > writes. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Check out laptop mode /usr/src/linux/Documentation/laptop-mode.txt |
| 7 | and maybe noflushd http://noflushd.sf.net/ though it is rather old. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | This may also be helpful: |
| 10 | http://www.linux-security.cn/ebooks/ulk3-html/0596005652/understandlk-CHP-15-SECT-3.html |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Try googling for deferred write linux or the *dflush keywords. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | //Peter |
| 16 | -- |
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