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To: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
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Subject: Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when
 FS is under heavy write load (massive starvation)
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Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> No way is globally disabling fsync() a good thing. I guess Andrew just
> is a sucker for punishment :-)

Mmm... perhaps another nice thing to include in laptop-mode operation?