Hi,
On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 11:59:42PM +0200, Daniel Kobras wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 10:03:47AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > If it's because of the disk-spins-up-too-much problem then
> > that can be addressed by allowing the commit interval to be
> > set to larger values.
>
> The updated commit interval will only affect new transactions, correct?
> In other words, when changing the commit interval from t_old to t_new,
> it will take t_old seconds until we can be certain there are only
> transactions with a t_new expiry interval in the queue?
Yes, unless:
> Or is there a
> way to flush the current queue of transactions, eg. by fsync()ing the
> underlying block device, or by sending a magic signal to kjournald?
an fsync() on any file or directory on the filesystem will ensure that
all old transactions have completed, and a sync() will ensure that any
old transactions are at least on their way to disk.
Cheers,
Stephen
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