Re: [ext3][kernels >= 2.6.20.7 at least] KDE going comatose when FS is under heavy write load (massive starvation)

Marat Buharov
2007-04-27T12:00:24Z

On 4/27/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> Aside: why the heck do applications think that their data is so important
> that they need to fsync it all the time. I used to run a kernel on my
> laptop which had "return 0;" at the top of fsync() and fdatasync(). Most
> pleasurable.

So, if having fake fsync() and fdatasync() is pleasurable for laptop
and desktop, may be it's time to add option into Kconfig which
disables normal fsync behaviour in favor of robust desktop?